Amish Friendship Bread

By Joelene

Amish Friendship Bread
Important Notes
· Do not use any type pf metal spoon or bowl when mixing!
· Do not refrigerate!
· It is normal for the batter to rise, bubble and ferment!
· When air gets in the bag, let it out!

Ingredients

• Day 10: Follow these instructions:
• Day 1: Do nothing! Go by the date on the bag. This may be the day you receive the batter.
• 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 of milk.
• Then mush the bag
• Day 7: Mush the bag
• Day 8: Mush the bag
• Day 9: Mush the bag
• 1 ) Pour entire contents into a non-metal bowl
• 2 ) Add 1-1/2 cup flour, 1-1/2 cup sugar, 1-1/2 cup milk and mix
• 3 ) Measure out 4 separate batters of 1 cup each into gallon bags. Keep a starter for yourself and give the others to 3 different friends along with a copy of this recipe. Mark the bags with the dates of day 1, 6 and 10. (Day 1 is the day after you bake)
• 4 ) Preheat oven to 325 degrees
• ) To the remaining batter in your non-metal bowl, add:
• 3 eggs 1 cup oil (or ½ oil and ½ applesauce)
• ½ cup milk ½ cup sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp vanilla
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt 2 cups flour
• 1 large box of instant vanilla pudding (5.1 oz)
• 6 ) 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 7 ) Grease 2 large loafs pans and mix additional ½ cup sugar and 1 ½ tsp cinnamon. Dust the pans with ½ the mixture.
• 8 ) Pour the batter evenly into the 2 pans and sprinkle with the remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture.
• 9 ) Bake 45-60 minutes. Cool until bread loosens from the sides of the pan (about 10 minutes). Turn out of pan and serve warm or cold.

Preparation

Step 1

If you keep a starter for yourself, you’ll be baking every 10 days. The bread is very good and makes a great gift. Only the Amish know how to make the starter, so if you give it all away, you’ll have to wait until another friend gives it back to you. Enjoy and thanks for being a friend!