Recipe: Amish Starter and Recipes For Bread and Rolls

INGREDIENTS and PROPORTIONS:

Starting the Amish Friendship bread starter-like sourdough bread
Sugar-1 cup
Milk-1 cup
Flour-1 cup

Place sugar, milk & flour in a large glass or plastic bowl. Cover lightly with a plastic wrap
and sit it on your counter at room temperature. Stir with a wooden spoon everyday for
17 days. On day 18 do nothing. On days 19,20, & 21 stir. On day 22 add 1 cup sugar,
1 cup milk & 1 cup flour
stir again. On days 23,24,25 & 26 stir. On day 27 add 1
cup milk, 1 cup sugar & 1 cup flour
stir. Its now ready to use to make the bread,
and to give away 2 cups of the starter for 2 friends, 1 cup to make the bread and 1 cup to keep
the starter going. When you give away a cup of the starter, give these directions for keeping it
going and the recipes for using it.

Keeping a starter going once started:
-Do not refridgerate
-Do not use metal spoon or metal bowl
-Do not cover tightly-cover loosely with plastic wrap
Day 1-do nothing
Day 2-Stir with wooden spoon
Day 3-Stir with wooden spoon & place in a bowl large enough to hold thru Day 10
Day 4-Stir
Day 5-Stir
Day 6-Add 1 cup each flour
sugar
milk
Day 7-Stir
Day 8-Stir
Day 9-Stir
Day 10-Add 1 cup each: flour
sugar
milk stir & put 1 cup mixture into each of 3 containers.
Keep 1 (with recipe) for yourself and give other 2 (with instructions sheet on
how to keep the starter going and the recipe for using it in bread) to friends.

Ingredients for Amish Friendship Bread
(using the starter)
1 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 box (5.1 ounce) instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup chopped nuts
cinnamon sugar (about 1 tablespoon cinnamon to 1/4 cup sugar)

PROCEDURE:

Mix oil, milk, eggs & vanilla with the starter
mix well.
In a seperate bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda,
vanilla pudding mix, and nuts. Add to liquid mixture & stir thoroughly. Pour
into 2 large well greased (buttered) 9-by-5-inch loaf pans (or 1
bundt pan) that have been sprinkled with a mixture of cinnamon, sugar and flour. Sprinkle
more cinnamon & sugar on top of unbaked loaves (or cake). Bake at 325 1 hour or until tests done.

REQUIRED UTENSILS:

wooden spoon-glass/plastic bowl-loaf pans

Notes.

TIME-CONSUMING: 1 1/2 hours-27 days

DIFFICULTY RATE: Fair

WARNINGS:

This is a fermented bread starter-its supposed to grow-bubble-smell strong-but NOT
supposed to change colors or grow mold-if molds, or fungus grow on it-throw the whole
thing out-wash and dry your utinsels well & begin making the starter again.
Making this bread-bringing it to new neighbors & sharing the starter mix is a great way
to make new friends. Make sure they have a copy of the recipes for using, starting and making it.

RECIPE FOR AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD

1 cup starter
2/3 cup oil
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
options: 1 cup raisins, choc. chips, nuts, dates,apples, etc.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 loaf pans; sprinkle with sugar.
(extra sugar besides what the recipe calls for!) In bowl, combine
ingredients. Fold in any options. Pour into prepared pans. Bake for
45-50 minutes. Cool on rack 10 mins. and remove. Cool completely.

AMISH YEAST BUNS
good for pot luck

3 pakages dry yeast
1 cup warm water
2 cups hot milk
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup sugar
6-8 cups flour
1 tablespoon salt

Throw half of flour and the rest into food processor. Mix well and add more
flour until it forms a soft ball. Knead in machine for 45 seconds. Allow to
rise. Punch down and make into rolls. Allow to rise, again

Bake at 400* for 15 to 20 minutes. Brush with butter while warm.