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..)
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 .
Ingredients
unbleached all-purpose flour, warm water, active dry yeast, whole milk, granulated sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, unbleached flour, baking soda, salt, butter, light brown sugar, quick-cooking oats, pecans, ground cinnamon