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WHAT WE'RE BAKE'N UP? AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER & RECIPES

I found this in my grandmother's recipes from the cookbooks I inherited from her. I'll type it out for you exactly as she had it, although I've done it in a Ziploc bag before too. I probably will use a Ziploc bag when I start this. I know reading this it actually doesn't make complete sense, so I'll fill in the holes at the bottom. I just thought it was so cute the way it was and was SO my Mama B.

"AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD"

IMPORTANT:  DO NOT USE METAL SPOON TO STIR!

USE WOODEN

DO NOT REFRIGERATE

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DAY 1   Do nothing to mix; just find a pretty, cool spot on your kitchen shelf to put it!

DAY 2   Stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 3   Stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 4   Stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 5   Add one cup flour, one cup sugar, one cup milk; stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 6   Stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 7   Stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 8   Stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 9   Stir with wooden spoon.

DAY 10   Add one cup flour, one cup sugar, one cup milk; stir with wooden spoon.
In three separate containers, put in one cup of mixture (24 C total). Keep one for yourself and share the other with two friends! To the amount left in your original container, add the following:

2/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped nuts

Grease and dust with sugar 2 loaf pans. Pour mixture into pans and bake 40-50 minutes at 350 degrees. 
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ENJOY WITH BUTTER, FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN!


Now to fill in the holes:

1. Don't use a metal bowl either. You could just use a large Ziploc bag. That way you can just shake the Ziploc bag instead of stirring it everyday with a wooden spoon.

2. On DAY 1, here's the mix:
1 pkg active dry yeast
1/4 C warm water
1 C flour
1 C sugar
1 C milk

3. If using Ziploc bag(s) you may have to let the air out of it daily.

4. Instead of containers on DAY 10, you could just do gallon sized Ziploc bags. 

5. Make sure to give this recipe or this link to your friends when you give them the starter so they know what to do.

6. Store the starters in the refrigerator until you give your friends the starter or until you're ready to start the process all over again. 


OTHER FRIENDSHIP BREAD RECIPES:

Cherry Amish Friendship Bread Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

1 C Amish Friendship Bread starter
3 eggs 
1 C vegetable oil
1/2 C milk
1 C sugar
1/2 t vanilla
1 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
2 C flour
3 oz pkg cherry Jello

1/2 C vegetable shortening
1/2 C softened butter
1 t vanilla
4 C sifted powdered sugar
2 T milk
1/2 C white chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 24 cupcake cups with liners. Mix the first 9 ingredients in a bowl then add flour & gelatin powder. Spoon batter into cups. Bake 20-25 minutes. Let cool.

Mix up the last 5 ingredients well and ice cooled cupcakes. 
Optional: sprinkle each with a few white chocolate chips. 


Amish Friendship Chocolate Bread

2 C flour
1 C sugar
1 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1 t salt
5.9 oz pkg instant chocolate pudding mix
1 C Amish Friendship Bread starter
1 C vegetable oil
1/2 C milk
3 eggs
1 t vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two loaf pans. Mix all the ingredients well and divide into the loaf pans. Bake for approx 1 hour and cool on rack for at least 10 minutes before removing from pans.


Amish Sourdough Pancakes
8 servings 

2 C buttermilk pancake mix
1 1/2 C water
1 C Amish Friendship Bread starter

Mix ingredients until well combined. Heat oil in griddle or frying pan over medium heat. Scoop 1/4 C batter onto griddle. Brown on both sides and serve hot.


Amish Friendship Banana Nut Bread

1/2 C shortening
4 large ripe bananas
2 C Amish Friendship Bread starter
3 eggs
1/2 C milk
1 C sugar
1 C chopped pecans or walnuts
1 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
2 C flour

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease two loaf pans. Mix shortening and bananas together. Mix the rest of the ingredients into banana mixture well and divide into the loaf pans. Bake for approx 1 hour and 15 minutes and cool on rack for at least 10 minutes before removing from pans.

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