Raspberry Chocolate Macadamia Nut Amish Friendship Bread

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1 small box raspberry jello
• 2 cups macadamia nuts, chopped
• 1 cup chocolate chips (white, milk, dark or mixed)
• 1/2 can raspberry pie filling to mix in recipe
• 1/2 can raspberry pie filling to use as topping
• 1 cup powdered sugar for topping

Details

Adapted from 1.bp.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

1-Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2-In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed.
3-Grease two large loaf pans and dust the pans with sugar.
4-Pour the batter evenly into 2 loaf pans or 2 cake pans or 1 Bundt pan and sprinkle with sugar on the top.
5-Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Cooking time varies according to the size of pan you use.
6-Once cooled, top with raspberry pie filling before serving each piece. Another topping idea is to mix water with powdered sugar until it has the consistency to lightly drizzle on top of cake just like in the picture above.

Serves 16.

This recipe can also be made into muffins and will yield 24-32 muffins. Cook time on muffins is 20 minutes but always do the toothpick test before removing from oven.

FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER:

Once you get the below recipe made it is consider Day 1, which is what you get when someone gives you the starter. ONLY use plastic or wooden utensils and only glass or plastic containers. Ziplock bags are great to use. Do NOT use metal. The metal will react to your starter and discolor it.

Ingredients:
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110°F)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 cup milk

1. Use a measuring to dissolve the yeast in warm water for about 10 minutes. Stir well. After 5 minutes if you are not getting a lot of reaction, sprinkle in 1 tsp sugar. This is my trick to give the yeast a good kick!

2. Use a medium glass or plastic bowl to combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or your milk will cause it to get lumpy.

3. Slowly stir in milk and then the yeast mixture. Loosely cover the mixture with a lid or plastic wrap. You can dump it all in a ziplock bag at this time, too. This is Day 1 of the starter cycle, or the day you receive the starter. Follow the below daily schedule.
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Day 1 - receive the starter (the recipe for the starter is above)
Day 2 - stir
Day 3 - stir
Day 4 - stir
Day 5 - stir
Day 6 -Add 1 cup each of flour, sugar and milk
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 a recipe for baking the bread.