Amish Friendship Bread

Vicki Deschere gave me a starter on Sunday and I have baked it into oblivion. Three loaves of quick bread + a whopping mound of pancakes = SUCCESS. Call me if you want a starter.

Amish Friendship Bread (1 loaf)
1/2 c Amish Friendship starter
1/3 c applesauce
2 eggs
1/2 t vanilla
1/2 c sugar
1 c flour (I use 1/2 whole wheat)
1 t cinnamon
1/4 t baking soda
1/2 t + 1/8 t baking powder
1/4 t salt

Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a loaf pan WELL. Combine wet ingredients + sugar; separately, combine dry ingredients. Gently fold the wet ingredients into dry. Pour mixture into loaf pan and bake for 40 min, or until a tester in the center just barely comes clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.

If you want to make a starter on your own, here’s what you need:

Ingredients:

1 pkg. active dry yeast (~2-1/2 t)
1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F)

Directions:
It is very important to use plastic or wooden utensils and plastic or glass containers when making this. Do not use metal at all!
1. In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water for about 10 minutes. Stir well.
2. In a 2 quart glass or plastic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or the flour will get lumpy when you add the milk.
3. Slowly stir in warm milk and dissolved yeast mixture. Loosely cover the mixture with a lid or plastic wrap. The mixture will get bubbly. Consider this Day 1 of the cycle, or the day you receive the starter.
For the next 10 days handle starter like so:

Day 1 – make or receive the starter
Day 2 – stir
Day 3 – stir
Day 4 – stir
Day 5 – Add 1 cup each flour, sugar and milk.
Day 6 – stir
Day 7 – stir
Day 8 – stir
Day 9 – stir
Day 10 – Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Divide into 4 containers, with 1 cup each for three of your friends and 1 cup for your own loaves. Give friends the instructions for Day 1 through Day 10 and the recipe for baking the bread.

Adapted from Vicki Deschere and http://www.momswhothink.com/bread-recipes/amish-friendship-bread.html.

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