Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      Cup           Amish Friendship starter
                        At room temperature
   3                    Eggs
     2/3  Cup           Vegetable oil
   3      Teaspoons     Vanilla
   2      Cups          Unbleached flour
   1      Cup           Granulated sugar
   2      Teaspoons     Baking powder
   1 1/2  Teaspoons     Ground cinnamon
   1      Teaspoon      Baking soda
   1      Teaspoon      Salt
   1      Cup           Nuts -- chopped
   2      Medium        Apples;peeled -- fine chopped

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans. In a large bowl, beat together the starter, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Add flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; blend. Fold in the nuts and apples; transfer batter to prepared loaf pans. Bake 50 minutes and remove from the oven. Allow loaves to cool in pans 10 minutes, then tip out onto a rack to finish cooling completely. Note: To make 24 muffins, spoon into greased muffin tins and bake for 25 to 30 minutes