Amish Friendship Bread

Contributed By: jenifl0w3r
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Total Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes
Ingredients: Rice, Pasta & Bread
Actual Cooking Time: 1 hour
Number of Servings: More than 10
Special Features: Kids Love It
Meal Type: Breakfast & Brunch
Snack
Dessert

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Ingredients

1 ½ cup Milk
2 cup Sugar
3 cup Flour
1 cup Oil
½ tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking powder
3 Large eggs
1 Large box of instant pudding ( or 2 small boxes)
½ tsp Salt
3 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon

Preparation

FEEDING THE STARTER

Do not refrigerate the starter.

Day 1: Do nothing on day 1.

Day 2-5: Squeeze the bag several times throuhout the day. If the bag fills with air, burp it out.

Day 6: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk and 1 cup sugar and Squeeze bag to mix.

Day 7-9: Squeeze the bag several times throuhout the day.

Day 10: Combine the batter with the 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup flour in a large non-metal bowl. Mix with a non-metal spoon. Pour 1 cup of this batter into each of the 4 1-gallon resealable bags. Give these away to friends or relatives with these instructions.

BAKING THE BREAD

1. To the remaining batter in the bowl, add oil, 1 cup sugar, baking soda, vanilla, baking powder, 2 cups flour, ½ cup milk, eggs, pudding and salt.

2. In a separate bowl, mix 3 tbsp sugar with 1 tsp cinnamon and sprinkle into 2 well greased bread pans before pouring batter into the pans.

3. Bake at 325 degrees for 55-60 minutes.

Cook's Notes

You may make many variations of this bread. Add chocolate chips. Use flavored pudding mix. Add canned pumpkin in place of oil or apple sauce in place of oil. Add ripe bananas. Have fun and make it different every time!

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Recipe Comments

Commented by: jenifl0w3r

Thanks for the suggestions. I posted the official recipe but I actually make my bread with Splenda, applesauce and sugar-free pudding. I've also done it with bananas, pumpkin, chocolate chips...you name it! I always end up with so many starters that I've experimented a lot with the bread. I didn't know you could freeze them, that is good to know!

 

Commented by: sewinlove

I have a recipe for this bread as well. It's not healthy by any means, although it is super delicious! I like to substitute the pudding mix with 3-4 mashed ripe bananas and omit the cinnamon and sugar topping for a slightly more healthy Banana Bread alternative. You can also substitute the oil with applesauce and that helps with the health factor as well. I ended up with too many starter kits and no one to give them to so I began to freeze them each time I made the bread. You can even use the starter without adding the additional starter ingredients if you don't want to make more starters every time you make bread. They add up fast if you don't continue to find people to give the kits to and before you know it you've got enough starter kits to make bread for a lifetime!