Amish Friendship Bread

UPDATE:  Recipe for the Starter can be found HERE.

DO NOT use any type of metal spoon or mixing bowl. DO NOT refrigerate the starter. If air gets in the bad, let it out. It is normal for the batter to rise, bubble and ferment.

DAY 1- Do nothing. This is the date on the bag.

DAY 2-Day 5 - Mush the bad each day.

DAY 6- Add to the bag, 1 Cup Flour, 1 Cup Sugar, and 1 Cup Milk.
Mush the Bag.

DAY 7-DAY 9- Mush the bag each day.

DAY 10- Follow instructions below:

1. Pour the entire contents of bag into NON METAL bowl.
2. Add 1½ Cups Flour, 1½ Cups Sugar, and 1 1/3 Cups Milk and mix with NON METAL spoon.
3. Measure out four separate batters of one cup each into four one-gallon freezer bags. Mark the bags with the day’s date. Keep a starter for yourself. Give the others away with a copy of this recipe.
4. Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
5. To the remaining batter in the bowl add:
a) 3 eggs
b) 1 Cup Oil (or ½ C. Oil and ½ C. Applesauce)
c) ½ Cup milk
d) 1 Cup Sugar
e) 2 tsp. Cinnamon
f) ½ tsp. Vanilla
g) 1 ½ tsp. Baking Powder
h) ½ tsp. Baking Soda
i) ½ tsp. Salt
j) 2 Cups Flour
k) 1 Large Box (5.1 oz) vanilla instant pudding

6. Grease two large loaf pans and mix additional ½ Cup Sugar and ½ tsp. Cinnamon.
7. Pour Batter into pans and sprinkle the cinnamon mixture over the top.
8. Bake approximately 1 hour. Cool until bread loosens from the pans, approximately 10 min. Turn out onto serving dish. Serve warm or cold.

Optional: Mix in 1 Cup raisins and/or Nuts to taste.

If you keep a starter for yourself you will be baking every 10 days. If you give them all away you will have to wait until someone gives you one back. ONLY THE AMISH KNOW HOW TO MAKE “STARTER”.

My Note:  You do need a starter to do this recipe.  If you really want one, I usually have a couple on hand and can mail it to you as long as you are willing to pay for the shipping.   It is really good and I make it a lot.

Update:  The recipe for the Starter, click HERE.