Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread

Do not use any type of metal spoon or bowl for mixing.  Do not refrigerate.  If air gets into the bag, let it out.  It is normal if the batter raises and bubbles and ferments. 

            Day 1               Do Nothing

            Day 2               Mush the bag

            Day 3               Mush the bag

            Day 4               Mush the bag

            Day 5               Mush the bag

            Day 6               Add to the bag: 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk, mush the bag

            Day 7               Mush the bag

            Day 8               Mush the bag

            Day 9               Mush the bag

            Mix and divide the bag (day 10 is also day 1)

Pour the entire contents of the bag into a non-metal bowl, add 1 ½ cup milk, 1 ½ cup flour, 1 ½ cup sugar.  Mix together, then measure out separate batter of 1 cup each into 4 separate gallon baggies.  Keep one starter for yourself and give 3 to your friends along with a copy of the recipe.

Pre-heat oven to 325˚.  To the remaining batter in a bowl, add:

3 eggs

1 cup oil

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 large box of instant pudding mix

1 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp soda

1 cup sugar

2 cups flour

½ cup milk

½ tsp salt

Grease 2 loaf pans.  In a separate bowl mix ½ cup brown sugar and 1 ½ tsp cinnamon.  Dust the loaf pans with about half the mixture.  Pour the batter into greased and dusted pans, sprinkle remaining sugar over the batter.  Bake for 1 hour.  Cool until bread loosens from the side of the pan (about 10 min).  Turn out onto serving plate.  Serve warm or cold.

The date ine above can e used to help keep track of the day you are on.  If you keep a starter you will be baking every 10 days.