Title: Sierra nevada gems
 Categories: Breads, Quick, Muffins
      Yield: 16 Gems
 
     20    California dried figs
           -- stewed, unsweetened
      2 c  Sifted all-purpose flour
  4 1/2 ts Baking powder
      2 tb Sugar
      1 ts Salt
      2    Eggs
    1/3 c  Shortening; melted
    3/4 c  Milk (about)
 
  Butter muffin pans generously.  Snip stems off stewed figs and place
  figs in mixing bowl.  Beat them hard, until whirled into small bits.
  Sift flour, measure and sift again with baking powder, sugar and
  salt.  Add dry ingredients to figs and mix lightly.  Add eggs,
  shortening and milk, and stir together until just mixed.  Fill muffin
  pans half full.  Bake in hot oven (400 F.) for about 12 minutes or
  until lightly browned.