Amish Friendship Bread

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: kare Wasilewski Macedo- Facebook

Categories: Sweet breads-coffee cakes

Ingredients

  • starter:
  • 2 1/4 tsp. (1pkg.) active dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 3 1/2 cup flour
  • 3 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup warm milk
  • bread:
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup oil
  • 3 beaten eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 large pkg. vanilla instant pudding mix
  • nuts, optional
  • raisins, optional
  • dates, optional
  • cinnamon sugar

Directions

  1. First you will need to make the starter for the bread. This will take 10 days.

  2. Day 1

  3. Combine yeast and water, and let sit 10 minutes. In a 2 quart non-metal container, or in a gallon size zip lock bag, combine sugar and flour. Mix well. Add to this the milk and yeast mixture. If using a bowl, mix ingredients well and cover loosely. If using plastic bag, seal tightly and squish bag until well mixed. Leave on a counter, do not refrigerate mixture during fermentation process.

  4. Day 2-4

  5. Stir starter with wooden spoon, or squish bag daily. If using a bag, open to let air out and reseal.

  6. Day 5

  7. Stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Mix well. Reseal.

  8. Days 6-9

  9. Stir starter with wooden spoon or squish bag daily.

  10. Day 10

  11. Stir in 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and 1 1/2 cups milk. Mix well.
  12. Remove 2 cups starter mixture to make your bread, and keep one for yourself to start process again.

  13. Divide the remainder starter mixture into 1 cup portions to give to friends along with a copy of this recipe, or store in the refrigerator and begin process over again skipping day1, starting at day 2. You can freeze the starter in 1 cup measures for later use.

  14. Frozen starter takes 3 hours at room temperature to thaw. If the starter isn’t passed on the 10th day, be sure to date the bag so the friend can determine where the are in the process.

  15. to make Amish Friendship Bread

  16. In a large non-metallic bowl combine starter, oil, eggs, milk and vanilla.
  17. In a separate bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla pudding mix. Add starter mixture, and mix well. At this point add your nuts, raisins, or dates. About 1 cup total.
  18. Grease 2 loaf pans and sprinkle bottoms liberally with the cinnamon sugar.
  19. Pour the batter into loaf pans, and sprinkle with more cinnamon sugar.
  20. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.

  21. Options:

  22. Chocolate Bread- Omit the cinnamon and vanilla pudding

  23. Add 2 tsp. cocoa

  24. 1 cup chocolate chips

  25. 1 large Box Instant chocolate pudding

  26. Lemon Poppy

  27. Seed Bread- Omit Cinnamon and vanilla pudding mix

  28. Add 1 large box instant lemon pudding

  29. 1 Tbsp. poppy seeds

  30. With a little imagination, you can come up with your own favorite flavors.

  31. To make 2 different loaves, omit cinnamon and large box of pudding. Divide dough in half. Use a small box of instant pudding mix of choice per loaf.

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