How to Make Amish Friendship Bread
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Regardless of your religious affiliations, you can enjoy delicious Amish Friendship Bread and strengthen your friendships at the same time.
Step 1: Get starter
Make an Amish Friendship Bread starter, or get one from another baker.
Step 2: Knead the starter and add ingredients
Knead the bag of starter once a day on the second, third, fourth, and fifth days after you make or get it. On the sixth day, open the bag and add 1 cup each of the flour, sugar, and milk. Then reseal the bag and knead it to mix everything together.
Step 3: Knead again
Knead the mixture in the bag twice a day on the seventh, eighth, and ninth days. On the 10th day, transfer the mixture to a ceramic, wooden, or plastic bowl and add another cup each of flour, sugar, and milk. Mix it up with a non-metal utensil and divide it into three equal batches, sealing two in separate plastic bags to give to friends.
Step 4: Add oil, eggs, milk, and vanilla
Preheat your oven to 330 degrees Fahrenheit and add the oil, eggs, the remaining 1/2 cup milk, and vanilla extract to the bowl. Mix it thoroughly and set the bowl aside.
Tip
Instead of 1 cup oil, you can use 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup applesauce.
Step 5: Mix the batter
Mix the remaining flour, 1 cup of sugar, the baking powder, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, the salt, baking soda, pudding, and nuts in a separate, non-metallic bowl. Add the mixture to the starter, stir it until everything is combined, and then divide it between the two loaf pans.
Tip
You can substitute almonds for walnuts.
Step 6: Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over batter
Mix the remaining sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it evenly over the batter. Transfer the pans to the oven and bake the bread for one hour. Let the loaves cool for 15 minutes, remove them from the pans, and enjoy your Amish friendship bread.
Did You Know?
Amish children speak only Dutch until they learn English in school.
How to make: NO-STARTER AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD
With this recipe for No-Starter Amish Friendship Bread, there is all the flavor of a traditional Amish Friendship Bread but none of the wait!
FULL RECIPE HERE:
Amish Friendship Bread ~ Full Recipe plus Starter!
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Use plastic or wooden utensils! Never Metal for this recipe!
Starter:
Mix together:
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
2 TBS warm water
Let sit for about 10 minutes until bubbles form on the top.
Mix together:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
Add the yeast and stir. Leave out on your counter or somewhere where you will remember to do the rest of the steps. Do not store in refrigerator!!
Day 1: The day you make the starter. If you already have the starter do nothing but consider it day 1.
Day 2: Do nothing!
Day 3: Stir
Day 4: Do nothing!
Day 5: Do nothing!
Day 6: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk. Stir.
Day 7: Do nothing!
Day 8: Stir
Day 9: Do nothing!
Day 10: Baking day!!
Separate the mixture into 3 bowls. You should have approximately 1 cup in each bowl.
Set two of them aside to either use for your next batches of bread or give to a friend with the recipe!!
In a large bowl combine:
One of the cups of starter
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs (beaten)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Stir these ingredients together and set aside.
In a smaller bowl combine dry ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 TBS cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
Two packages of 3.4 oz instant vanilla pudding (or 1 large package)
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in thirds, mixing between additions.
Grease 2 large loaf pans. Split the batter between the two pans and sprinkle the top with a mixture of 1 TBS sugar and a few shakes of cinnamon.
Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 1 hour. (I start checking at 50 minutes. When a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean the bread is done!)
Enjoy!
Amish Friendship Bread, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The Original Amish Friendship Bread Recipe
Day 1: Do nothing.
Day 2: Mash the bag.
Day 3: Mash the bag.
Day 4: Mash the bag.
Day 5: Mash the bag.
Day 6: ADD to the bag: 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk. Mash the bag.
Day 7: Mash the bag.
Day 8: Mash the bag.
Day 9: Mash the bag.
Day 10: Follow the directions below:
1. Pour the entire bag into a nonmetal bowl.
2. Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1½ cup milk.
Reserve 1 cup of starter in the bowl if you plan to bake today.
4. Divide the remaining batter into 1-gallon Ziploc bags with 1 cup per bag. Your starter may yield 4 to 7 cups depending on how active your starter has been. Give the bags to friends along with a copy of the recipe and several slices of the bread.
Label your Ziploc bag with the date, making your Day 10 their Day 1. If you can't give it to them on Day 1, be sure to tell them which day it is when you present it to them.
BAKING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2.To the one cup of batter in the bowl add the following:
3 eggs
1 cup oil
½ cup milk
1 cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons cinnamon
11 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1 or 2 small boxes instant pudding (any flavor)
1 cup chopped nuts or raisins (optional)
3. Grease two large loaf pans.
4. In a bowl mix an additional ½ cup sugar and 1½ teaspoons cinnamon.
5. Dust the greased pans with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
6. Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans and sprinkle the remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture on top.
7. Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides.
8. ENJOY!
Friendship Bread Starter Baking Bread
Baking off the bread from the starter that we made.
Amish Friendship Bread
1 C starter
3 eggs
1 C oil
1/2 C milk
1 C sugar
1/2 t vanilla
2 t cinnamon
1 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
2 C flour
1 small box of instant vanilla pudding
Preheat oven to 325 degrees, grease and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar in two loaf pans. In large bowl add ingredients as listed. Pour batter in pan, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake one hour or until toothpick is clean.
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Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe
Please like, share with your friends on social media and subscribe! It would be greatly appreciated! Enjoy your day!!
Mix together:
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
2 TBS warm water
Let sit for about 10 minutes until bubbles form on the top.
Mix together:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
Add the yeast and stir. Leave out on your counter or somewhere where you will remember to do the rest of the steps. Do not store in refrigerator!!