Amish Friendship Bread & Starter
Amish Friendship Bread & Starter

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Amish Friendship Bread & Starter is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Amish Friendship Bread & Starter is something that I have loved my entire life.

Here it is, the one and only original Amish Friendship Bread. But I've got to say the original recipe (with raisins and nuts and all that cinnamon-sugar glory) is in first place. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook amish friendship bread & starter using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Amish Friendship Bread & Starter:
  1. Make ready starter:
  2. Take 1 package(2 1/4 TSP) Active Dry Yeast
  3. Get 1/4 cup warm water (110°F)
  4. Prepare 1 cup granulated sugar
  5. Get 1 cup all-purpose flour
  6. Prepare 1 cup milk (non-fat is okay)
  7. Make ready feedings(2):
  8. Get 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
  9. Make ready 2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
  10. Get 2 cup milk, divided (non-fat is okay)
  11. Get for the bread:
  12. Get 1 & 1/4 TSP baking powder
  13. Get 1 TSP baking soda
  14. Prepare 1/2 TSP salt
  15. Prepare 2 TSP cinnamon, divided
  16. Make ready 2 cups all-purpose flour
  17. Make ready 1 cup Starter
  18. Make ready 2/3 cup oil
  19. Get 1 cup & 4 TSP sugar(4 tsp is for cinnamon topping)
  20. Prepare 3 eggs
  21. Get 1 TSP vanilla extract
  22. Prepare Optional: 1 cup of chocolate chips(or any other chip) or chopped nuts

That way, the family bread will be passed down from generation to generation. When fed with flour and water every few days, the starter just grows stronger. AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD: Mix oil, eggs, and vanilla with the starter mix. In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, vanilla pudding mix, and nuts.

Steps to make Amish Friendship Bread & Starter:
  1. DAY 1: - 1. Make the starter: Stir yeast into warm water. Allow mix to sit for 10 minutes to fully "bloom" - 2. Whisk sugar & flour in a 2 qt container. Whisk in milk, and be sure to stir the corners well, so the flour doesn't clump and get stuck to the bottom. - 3. Stir yeast mixture into the flour mixture. Cover container & store on your counter.
  2. Days 2-4 : stir the mixture once per day
  3. Day 5: - - 1. Feed the mixture: Stir in 1 cup of each:; sugar, flour & milk into the starter. (To make this part easier, I just separated my sugar & flour in sandwich bags for both feedings & measured my milk as needed) Cover loosely & store back on the counter.
  4. Days 6-9: stir the mixture once per day
  5. Day 10: LAST FEEDING DAY - - 1. Feed the mixture: Stir 1 cup of each (sugar, flour & milk into starter). Cover loosely & store on the counter. - - 2. Remove 1 cup of the starter for yourself for the Amish friendship bread recipe. Then remove the remaining 3 cups to give to 3 friends with the recipe attached (or you can freeze the remaining starter in a sealed Ziploc bags for future use)
  6. FRIENDSHIP BREAD RECIPE: I took a screenshot of the recipe instructions, it wouldn't let me save the typed information.
  7. I garnished my Bread with a quick chocolate ganache, as well as adding butterscotch & chocolate chips to my batter. Soo yummy!!! 😋
  8. Also, a quick tip, so you don't lose track of your days : get an index card, tape it to your container & write the date you 1st prepared the starter & then list all the days after that: for example, I began my Starter on April 22nd, so this is how I did it: - - Day 1: 4/22/16 - Days 2-4: 4/23-4/25 Stir Mixture once per day - Day 5: 4/26 (Feed mixture one cup of each Flour, Sugar & Milk) - - And so on… That's how I was able to keep up with my dates, I know it's easy to lose track of the days, so I hope this helps..

Add to liquid mixture and stir thoroughly. So here's the deal with Amish Friendship Bread: each batch begins with a starter (made with flour, yeast, sugar, and milk). Use this Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe as a base for many sweet breads, dinner rolls, muffins and other baked goods. Hints for storing and using up the sourdough starter. Download the Amish Friendship Bread Starter instructions here.

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