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AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER

Source of Recipe

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Recipe Introduction

YOU WILL NEED GLASS BOWL AND WOODEN SPOONS DO NOT USE ANY METAL UTENSILS

List of Ingredients

1 pkg. yeast
2 ½ cups warm water
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar



Recipe

Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water. Add remaining warm water, flour and sugar, beat until smooth. Place in a glass bowl on countertop, do not refrigerate. Cover with clean dishtowel. The starter will ferment for 10 days before it is ready to give away or use.

10 days instructions:
Day 1 Begin or receive starter
Day 2 Stir
Day 3 Stir
Day 4 Stir
Day 5 Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk
Day 6 Stir
Day 7 Stir
Day 8 Do nothing
Day 9 Do nothing
Day 10 Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk

Put 1 cup of starter in each of 3 containers. Give 2 to friends and keep one for yourself. This will be their day 1. Burp container twice daily.

To the remaining batter add:
1 cup oil, 1 cup sugar, 2 cup flour, 1 ½ tsps. baking powder, 3 eggs, 1 large box vanilla pudding mix, 2 tsps. cinnamon, and ½ tsp. salt. Beat with fork. Grease 2 loaf pans with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 1 hour or until knife inserted comes out clean.

VARIATIONS:

Omit: cinnamon & vanilla pudding from basic recipe & add 1 (5.1 oz) box of instant chocolate pudding, 3 tsp. cocoa & 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Bake for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours.

Omit: cinnamon and vanilla pudding and add banana cream pudding mix and 1 mashed banana.

Omit: cinnamon, vanilla pudding and vanilla and add lemon pudding mix and 2 tsps. lemon extract.

Omit: cinnamon and vanilla pudding and add 1 box strawberry jello mix and 1 cup frozen thawed strawberries.

Add: 1/2 cup craisins and 1/2 cup dried apples.