Amish Friendship Bread Starter

Categories: Sweet Breads- Coffee Cakes

Ingredients

• Starter:
• 1 (.25 oz.) pkg. active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water ( 110 degrees)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 3 cups white sugar, divided
• 3 cups milk
• Dough:
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp. cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1 large box Jell-O Vanilla instant pudding mix
• Topping:
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions

1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a 2 quart glass, plastic or ceramic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or flour will limp when milk is added. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture. Cover loosely and let stand until bubbly. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle. Leave loosely covered at room temperature.
2. On days 2 through 4; stir starter with a spoon. Day 5, stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Days 6 through 9; stir only.
3. Day 10: stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Remove 1 cup to make your first bread, give 2 cups to friends along with this recipe, and your favorite Amish bread recipe. Store the remaining 1 cup starter in a container in the refrigerator, or begin the 10 day process over again (beginning with day 2).

4. Note: You can also freeze this starter in 1 cup measures for latter use. Frozen starter will take at least 3 hours at room temperature to thaw before using.

5. To the 1 cup batter, add eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, flour and pudding mix.
6. Grease or spray 2 loaf pans. For topping, mix sugar and cinnamon in non-metal bowl. Dust the pans with half of this mixture. Pour batter into pans and sprinkle top with remaining sugar mixture.
7. Bake at 325 degrees. Check for doneness. Cool completely. Remove from pans and wrap in plastic wrap. Keep refrigerated.

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