Amish Friendship Bread with Variations
Source of Recipe
The gourmet helper
List of Ingredients
To the balance (a little over one cup) of the batter, add the following ingredients and mix well.
1 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 - (5.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
Recipe
Cherii Martin's Banana Amish Friendship Bread
Omit cinnamon and vanilla pudding in the basic recipe and add two bananas (mashed)
Cherii Martin's Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread
Omit cinnamon and vanilla pudding from the basic recipe and add 1 - (5.1 oz) box of instant chocolate pudding, 3 tsp. cocoa and 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Bake for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours.
Cherii Martin's Apple Cinnamon Friendship Bread
add one cup of raisins and one small diced apple.
Suzette Pierce's Pudding, Chocolate Chip and Nut Variations
Suzette Pierce writes: "You can use many different flavors of pudding. My favorite is pistachio flavor. You may also use different flavors of chocolate chips and nuts."
Lori Panzino's Butterscotch Amish Friendship Bread
Lori Panzino writes: "Add 1 box of butterscotch pudding and 1 cup of butterscotch chips. We bake the cake in a 13" x 9" pan. It's my family's favorite cake! She adds "Don't forget to omit the vanilla pudding"
Replace the vanilla pudding with chocolate and add 1/2 cup each of chocolate chips and coconut. I use small (about 1 cup size) bundt pans and bake for 45 - 50 minutes
Becky Stathos
Instead of using two loaf pans, I bake it in a bundt pan. Another favorite is to use chocolate instant pudding, and add pecans, chocolate chips and coconut. Let your imagination and taste buds guide you.
Karen & Randy Bell Maggie Valley, North Carolina
Here's one we came up with ourselves .... Substitute almond ALMOND flavoring (NOT Imitation) for the vanilla flavoring... substitute WHITE CHOCOLATE pudding For the vanilla pudding....`
Sharon Allardyce
My variation for the Friendship Bread is a chocolate one, but I use 1/4 cup cocoa, or even a little more (I prefer Hershey's European Chocolate), and either the vanilla or chocolate pudding can be used. I reduce the cinnamon to half (1 teaspoon). Everyone that tastes it thinks it is outstanding. The cinnamon gives it an even better taste than just using chocolate alone.
Marilyn Di Palma from Sedona, AZ
1 to 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips - this is great if you put the chocolate chips in a bowl and shake 1/2 teaspoon extra cinnamon to coat them. This is very popular. 1 to 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips and orange zest to taste.
SA Brown
I substitute chocolate pudding for the vanilla and add 1 cup of chocolate chips for an awesome Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bread. My friends beg for it! I even had a restaurant ask me to bake it for them. Try it, you'll like it!
Lemon Variations
Note: these variations require the basic Amish Friendship Bread batter
Robin Sandwick, Charlotte, NC
Use lemon pudding and add 1/4 cup of poppy seeds. I bake these in a very small muffin pan for about 20 - 25 minutes.
Jean M. French
For lemon bread, I substitute lemon pudding mix and lemon extract, omit the cinnamon and nuts, and add poppy seeds.
Mary Dierick
Lemon Amish Friendship Bread Use 2 sm. boxes of instant lemon pudding instead on the vanilla pudding, replace poppy seeds for the cinnamon, & use lemon peel instead of the vanilla. Bake for about 1 1/2 hrs. Very Good!
Carol Williamson, Ontario, Canada
I love to make mine with dried pineapple and lemon instant pudding.
Nancy Scheiner
Lemon-Poppyseed Variation: Use lemon pudding mix instead of vanilla pudding. Add 2-tsp. Lemon extract instead of vanilla. Eliminate cinnamon. Add 1/4 cup poppyseed.
Michelle Fox, Taylorsville, North Carolina
Lemon-Poppyseed Friendship Bread Use two small pkgs. of lemon pudding rather than the vanilla and lemon flavoring in place of vanilla flavoring. Add one tablespoon of poppyseed. This is excellent for making lemon-poppyseed muffins.
Lynn Davis
Here are some more variations on Amish Friendship bread - I forgot who gave them to me! Lemon Coconut - Delete cinnamon, nuts and vanilla. Use lemon flavored pudding, add 1-tsp. lemon extract and 2 cups coconut.
Ann Fowler, Fortson, Georgia
"Here is my recipe for the Amish Friendship Bread Variation.
Lemon Walnut Friendship Bread: Omit Cinnamon, Vanilla Pudding in basic recipe and add 1 teaspoon lemon extract, 1 package lemon pudding and one cup of chopped walnuts. Umm Umm Good! "
Kelly Glasser
Kelly writes: "Lemon pudding and cranberries are my variation to the friendship bread!"
We also received lemon poppyseed variations from Darcey of Omaha, Nebraska and Kim Strid. We thank you!
Banana and Zucchini Bread Variations
Note: these variations require the basic Amish Friendship Bread batter
Robin Sandwick, Charlotte, NC
Use banana cream pie pudding and two mashed bananas. I have also added 1/4 cup of chocolate chip to this on occasion. I use the small bundt pans and bake for about 40 - 50 minutes.
Jean M. French
For banana bread, I substitute banana cream pudding mix and a mashed banana, and omit the cinnamon.
Robin Sandwick, Charlotte, NC
Add 1 cup of grated zucchini. Make sure you squeeze out the excess liquid. bake for about 75 minutes but start checking after 50 minutes.
Cranberry Variations
Note: these variations require the basic Amish Friendship Bread batter
Connie Davis, Janesville CA
I've found that a cup of dried cranberries and a tsp of orange zest, along with a cup of chopped nuts, makes a nice holiday variation to the cake!
Merry Axtell, Woodinville, WA
I used the basic cinnamon amish bread recipe and added 1 cup of craisins (dried cranberries) as well as the pecans. It made a great Christmas Bread this year which I gave to my brothers & sisters (6) and their families as well as friends. They all loved it including the children and adults that won't eat raisins. I received many requests for the recipe and people were surprised when they had to take a cup of starter along with them. But it was great fun.
Ronda Lambert & Stacy Tuck, Pulaski, Va
. I got a starter for Amish Friendship bread from my friend, Stacy Tuck. We like to add Craisins(dried sweetened cranberries) and chocolate covered raisins to our mix. We also like the bread with chocolate pudding instead of vanilla. We'd be tickled if you added our variation to your list. Thanks!
Miscellaneous Variations
Note: these variations require the basic Amish Friendship Bread batter
Carol Williamson Ontario, Canada
Carol loves to make Friendship Bread with dried apples and caramel instant pudding (makes it like caramel apples).
Sandy Moffet, Olympia WA
Last night I tried 3/4 cup white chocolate chips, 3/4 cup macadamia nuts and used cheesecake pudding. Delicious!!!
Marilyn Di Palma from Sedona, AZ
Substitute 2 tablespoons molasses for equal amount of sugar and add spices to make gingerbread.
Becky Stathos
I like to throw in a box of chopped dates and a cup of chopped pecans. Then, instead of using two loaf pans, I bake it in a bundt pan. Let your imagination and taste buds guide you.
Deborah Andrews, Newberry Springs, CA
I add 1 cup of drained crushed pineapple, 1 cup shredded coconut and pistachio pudding (instead of vanilla). Very yummy.
Phyllis Mehler, Louisville, KY
Great bread (cake) !!!! My neighbor gave me a starter before leaving for vacation... I've gained 5 lbs. but it's worth every bite. I used 1/2 cup nuts and 1/2 cup white raisins; to die for.
Carolyn Jones, Paducah, KY
Variation 1: use 1 small box of orange jello, 1 c. drained mandarin oranges
Variation 2: use 1 small box of strawberry jello, 1 c. thawed strawberries. These are very good and I get raving reviews about them .
G. Bekaert
Use Cheesecake pudding instead of vanilla pudding and add chopped maraschino cherries (about 6 with some juice). This tastes great and looks very festive.
Sheryl Riley
" I have made the friendship bread for a number of years and love it. One thing you can do to make it different is to use different flavors of pudding. Bannana, lemon, chocolate, and butter pecan are all good. We have also made it with fruit in it. Blueberries and raspberries work well."
Sandy Woodward
"I tried the standard recipe for cake with the vanilla pudding, cinnamon and added glazed fruit mix with walnuts and almonds. The result was a tasty fruitcake."
Malissa Chapin, Oshkosh, WI
Mallisa sends us a different low fat variation:
"to make it more healthy I've had great success with using 1/2 c oil and 1/2 c unsweetened applesauce instead of 1c of oil. I also use sugar free pudding. I made my last batch with vanilla pudding and 2c frozen blueberries--wow! "
Joyce House, California
Joyce writes:
"It was suggested that I can put anything in it (i.e. into the basic Amish Friendship Bread recipe - AW) to add flavor. On my first attempt with the recipe I used 1 cup of frozen blueberries (slightly thawed) and 1 cup of chopped pecans. It was delicious. "
Joyce Croul, Gilroy CA.
Joyce writes:
I like to use a small can of well drained pineapple in one of my variations with 2Tb. coconut scattered over the top half way through the baking.
Rebecca Amerson
Rebecca writes:
My favorite is to add a small can of well drained crushed pineapple, coconut, and chopped pecans!
Karin Conrod, Ontario Canada
Karin writes:
My favorite twist on this bread is to use banana cream pudding, with shredded coconut. I also like using coconut cream pie pudding with crushed pineapple. Absolutly yummilcious!!
Michele Maddox
Michele writes:
Use cappicino pudding , 1/2 C. chocolate chips and 1/2 C. nuts of choice.
http://www.armchair.com/recipe/amish/amishvar.html for more variations.
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