Amish Friendship Bread Recipe

By Fleur de lis

Ingredients

• 1 1 1 1 1 (if you did not receive a bag from someone, start with 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk in a gallon Ziploc Freezer bag, then leave unrefrigerated on counter for the entire time.
• 2-5 to just squish the bag contents around to mix well.
• 6-add 1 1 1 to 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour to bag. Squish it until smooth and no lumps remain.
• 7-9 to squish contents to mix well.

Preparation

Step 1

To the remaining starter: Add ½ cup vegetable oil, ½ cup unsweetened applesauce, ½ cup milk,
3 eggs and ½ tsp. vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl mix 2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 ½ tsp. baking powder, 2 tsp. cinnamon, ½ tsp. salt, ½ tsp baking soda, 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 large or 2 small pkgs. of vanilla instant pudding mix.

Add flour mixture to wet mixture, stirring well. Pour into 2 large loaf pans, greased and floured, and sprinkled with a mixture of ½ cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon. Save most of mixture to sprinkle on top.

Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.

Variations: Use lemon or banana pudding and lemon or almond extract in place of vanilla extract.