Recipe: Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread

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Title: Amish Friendship Bread
Categories: Sourdough
Yield: 1 servings

-Starter:

Begin with: 1 cup flour,1 cup warm water,1/2 cup sugar 1 package
yeast.Add on 5th day: 1 cup flour,1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar.Add on 10th
day: 1 cup flour,1 cup milk,1 cup sugar.

1: Mix all the starter ingredients well and place in medium-sized
glass bowl. Cover with dinner plate so as not to cover tightly. Let
stand overnight in warm place. Stir down each day for 4 days
(Important - do not refrigerate batter at any time) 2: On the fifth
day add flour, milk and sugar and stir. Stir down each day until 10th
day.
3: On the 10th day add flour, milk and sugar and measure out 3
separate cups of starter. Give one cup starter and a copy of the
instructions to each of three friends.
4: Use remaining dough to bake choice of bread or use in streusel
recipe as follows:

Batter: 2/3 cup cooking oil, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons
baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 eggs Streusel: 1/3 cup margarine,
melted 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup quick oats 1
cup nuts (optional 1: After sharing three cups of starter with
friends, mix oil, sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and eggs with
remaining starter. Mix well and spoon 1/2 of batter into greased and
floured 9 x 13 baking pan.
2: To prepare streusel combine all ingredients and mix well.
Sprinkle 1/2 of streusel over batter. Cover with remaining batter and
remaining streusel.
3: Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes

Source: Lancaster County Cookbook