Amish Friendship Bread II is a delicious and easy-to-make bread recipe that has been passed down through generations. It is a sweet, moist, and slightly tangy bread with a slightly crunchy crust. The unique flavor of the bread comes from the addition of a sour cream starter, which is made with a mixture of flour, sugar, milk, and buttermilk. The starter is then combined with additional ingredients, such as sugar, butter, flour, eggs, and spices, to create a delicious and flavorful loaf of bread.
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AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD
This delicious recipe is courtesy of Mary Bodor. Note: Do not use metal cooking utensils, bowls, or baking pans with this recipe, since they will interfere with the fermenting process.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Breakfast & Brunch Recipes Bread Recipes
Yield Makes 2 loaves and 3 starters
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- To prepare starter: Place 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk in a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag. Seal bag and knead mixture until well combined. Let stand at room temperature overnight.
- For the next 4 days, continue kneading mixture once a day; keep at room temperature. On the sixth day add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk to bag. Seal and knead to combine; let stand at room temperature overnight.
- For the next 3 days, knead mixture twice a day. On the 10th day, transfer mixture to a large bowl. Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk; mix until well combined. Measure 1 cup of the mixture into each of 3 resealable plastic bags. Seal plastic bags and give each bag of starter mixture to a friend to make their own friendship bread.
- To make bread: Preheat oven to 330 degrees. Add oil to bowl with remaining starter mixture along with eggs, remaining 1/2 cup milk, and vanilla extract. Stir until well combined; set aside.
- In another large bowl, mix together remaining 2 cups flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, salt, baking soda, pudding, and nuts, if desired. Add dry ingredients to starter mixture and stir until well combined. Divide batter evenly between two 8-by-4-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pans.
- In a small bowl, mix together remaining 3/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over batter. Transfer to oven and bake for 1 hour. Let cool 15 minutes before removing from the pan.
AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD
We love all the Amish Friendship Bread recipes in our Recipe Box, but the original Amish Friendship Bread recipe is the simplest and the best.
Provided by Friendship Bread Kitchen
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
- In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed.
- Grease two large loaf pans.
- Dust the greased pans with a mixture of ½ cup sugar and 1½ teaspoons cinnamon.
- Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture on the top.
- 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.
- ENJOY!
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 slice, Calories 204 kcal, Carbohydrate 33 g, Protein 4 g, Fat 6 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 27 mg, Sodium 112 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 11 g
AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD 1965
Friendship Starter Ingredients; Note: if you recieved a cup of starer from a friend..and have this on hand..you either bake the bread now...OR you can proceed at day 2..3..4.. instructions...(the complete recipe for the starter is below..)
Provided by andypandy
Categories Quick Breads
Time 45m
Yield 1 loaf bread, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preparing starter; Day 1-- In a glass bowl add the first three ingredients, flour water and yeast.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Leave on counter uncovered-- do not refrigerate.
- Day 2 3, and 4-- just stir real well each day with wooden spoon.
- Day 5-- stir in and add 1 cup milk 1 cup flour, and one cup sugar.
- this is called feeding the starter.
- Day 6-- 7-- 8-- just stir well with wooden spoon.
- Day 9-- stir well adding again 1 cup milk, 1 cup flour, and 1 cup sugar.
- Day 10-- 11-- just stir well.
- Day 12-- ladle out one cup of starter into glass jars with lids-- should have four one cup jars.
- Keep one jar and make a bread now.
- Give the other two jars to friends to make a bread also.
- THE FOURTH JAR keep for another time to use-- for yourself, replenishing as a starter.
- To this fourth jar for yourself Add 1 teaspoon sugar and the REFRIGERATE>> The sugar added here will keep it alive and feed the yeast.
- Date the jar.
- Every 10 days, Remove the starer and transfer it to a bowl.
- Now feed it the regular combination of 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup flour, stirring well.
- LEAVE on counter uncovered for 2 days, then either bake it or give it away again keeping some for yourself.
- Making your cinnamon bread; Combine all the topping ingredients and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
- In a large bowl beat together 1 cup starter eggs, and vegetable oil.
- Add all the remaining ingredients and mix.
- Pour half the batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Sprinkle with half the topping ingredeints.
- Cover with the remaining batter.
- Sprinkle all the remaining topping mixture over.
- Bake 35 minutes-- to 40 minutes, until golden and tester comes away just a crumbs or two clinging.
AMISH CINNAMON BREAD (FRIENDSHIP BREAD)
Amish Friendship Bread is a great bread for those special occasions. When you've made your bread, you can give your friends a sample and the starter that came from the original batter that helped to make the sample bread! Then your friends can make their own and pass it along to their friends. This is why the bread is called "friendship bread". It's time consuming, but it's worth it. Amish Friendship Bread is a starter bread. If you know someone with a starter, you are in luck. For those of you without access to a starter, I have placed the directions for the starter in step one. When passing the recipe on, be sure they realize that part of step one is not day one for them. Or you may want to eliminate the part of step one that does not pertain to them when passing on your starters.
Provided by Chef Spice
Categories Quick Breads
Time P10DT1h
Yield 2 loaves, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Day One: For those making the starter from scratch: combine 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup flour in a large zip lock bag and mush to mix ingredients. For those receiving the fermented batter in a gallon zip lock bag: Do nothing. Leave it to sit on the counter.
- On days 2-4: Squeeze the bag several times during the day. (If air builds up in the bag, open the zip lock slightly and remove the air). I took mine to work, laid it on my desk, and to relieve stress squeezed the bag several times during the day. Ha ha ha!
- On day 5: add 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup self-rising flour to the bag. Squeeze the bag several times during the day.
- On days 6-8: Squeeze the bag several times during the day.(remove air).
- On day 9: Add 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup self-rising flour into the bag. Close zip lock. Squeeze the bag several times during the day.
- Day 10: Pour 1/2 cup "starter" in four (4) separate gallon zip lock bags. These starters replace the milk, flour, and sugar used to start the very first batch from scratch. Give the four bags to friends along with the steps on how to finish making their own starters and bread, or freeze the starters for future use if desired, just be sure that once you take a starter out of the freezer, you let it sit out one day before starting your steps.
- In a large glass bowl add 2 cups self-rising flour, 1 cup of sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup oil, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 large box (or 2 small boxes) of instant vanilla pudding, 1/2 cup of either raisins, nuts, chocolate chips or fruit (optional) or 1/4 cup of any two of these ingredients; mix well.
- Spray well 2 large loaf pans with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl or cup, mix 1 tsp cinnamon and 2 tbsp sugar. Sprinkle about 1/2 to 2/3 in loaf pans, reserving about 1/3 to 1/2 of the mix.
- Pour batter into pans.
- Sprinkle remaining cinnamon and sugar mix across the tops of the batter.(You may choose to sprinkle the remaining mix after baking the bread).
- Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
- IMPORTANT NOTES:.
- You may also make small loaves. If you do, bake at the same temperature, but for 25-30 minutes.
- Do not use metal spoon or metal bowl for mixing.
- Do not refrigerate at any time during the process. Keep on the counter.
- If air builds up in the zip lock. Open the zipper slightly and squeeze the air out, being careful not to let any of the batter out. Quickly reseal.
- It is normal for the batter to thicken and bubble during the time it sits on the counter. This is called the fermentation process.
- You may replace the nuts or the raisins with chocolate chips or dried fruit (or fresh, not canned or frozen). Or you can eliminate them and just leave it plain. It's great any way you slice it. ;0).
- Also, the bread will yield more than four serving. If you do the two large loafs, it will yield how ever large a slice you want it to be. So if sliced about the size of a normal slice of bread, one loaf could yield about 16-18 slices. The serving size listed came off the paper I got with the recipe. I'm not sure why they say four servings. Each of four servings would be 1/2 a loaf.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1854.4, Fat 66.3, SaturatedFat 12.8, Cholesterol 165.1, Sodium 759.1, Carbohydrate 294.8, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 189.8, Protein 23.7
Tips:
- Use a large bowl to mix the ingredients, as the dough will rise significantly during the first rise.
- Make sure the butter and eggs are at room temperature before mixing them into the dough.
- If you don't have a cake mix on hand, you can substitute 2 cups of all-purpose flour, 1 cup of sugar, and 3 teaspoons of baking powder.
- You can add other ingredients to the dough, such as raisins, nuts, or chocolate chips, to create a variety of different flavors.
- Be careful not to over-mix the dough, as this can make it tough.
- Bake the bread until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool completely before slicing and serving.
Conclusion:
Amish Friendship Bread II is a delicious and easy-to-make bread that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up leftover cake mix, and it is also a fun and festive bread to share with friends and family. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can enjoy this delicious bread in no time.
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