Amish Friendship Bread Starter and Bread
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
Starter:
1 tablespoon Active Dry Yeast
2 cups Warm Water -- (110 degrees)
1 cup Flour
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Milk
Bread:
1 cup Vegetable Oil
1 cup Sugar
2 cups Flour
3 Eggs
1 small Vanilla Pudding Mix -- Instant
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 cup Milk
Cinnamon Sugar:
1 cup Sugar
2 tablespoons Cinnamon
Recipe
For Starter:
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of the warm water
in a deep glass or plastic container. Stir
in remaining warm water, flour and sugar.
Beat until smooth. Cover. (A large glass jar
or bowl with a tight fitting lid works best
for this, but a 1/2 gallon zip baggie can
also be used). Because your first batch of
starter contains fresh yeast, you can skip
the next set of directions and go directly
to the instructions for splitting your start.
Do not refrigerate Do not stir with a l
spoon The starter requires 10 days for
fermentation.
Day 1- Begin or receive starter
Day 2- Stir with wooden spoon (or squish baggie)
Day 3- Stir with wooden spoon (or squish baggie)
Day 4- Stir with wooden spoon (or squish baggie)
Day 5- Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk
Day 6- Stir with wooden spoon (or squish baggie)
Day 7- Stir with wooden spoon (or squish baggie)
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 three containers.
Give 2 away to friends and keep one. This will
begin their Day 1.
For Bread:
You will have about 1 cup of batter left (besides
the 1 cup you have saved for yourself). To the
remaining batter add vegetable oil, sugar, flour,
baking powder, baking soda, eggs, milk, vanilla
pudding mix, cinnamon, and salt. Beat until well
blended. Add one cup raisins, chocolate chips or
nuts, if desired. Grease 2 loaf pans well, and
sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, coating bottom well.
Turn batter into pans, and sprinkle remaining
cinnamon sugar onto tops of loaves. Bake at 325F
degrees for one hour.
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