Easy Friendship Bread (Amish Bread) Starter Recipe

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Easy Friendship Bread (Amish Bread) Starter
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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
1849
Calories
Total time
5
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 (1/4 oz) package dry active yeast
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup oil (or 1/2 cup , 1/2 cup applesauce)
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 (5 1/8 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 cup raisins (optional)
  • 1 cup nuts, chopped (optional)

Directions:

  1. Dissolve yeast in small amount of warm water.
  2. Mix all ingredients together in a gallon-size ziploc bag. This is day one.
  3. Day 1 – Do nothing (This is the day you receive your starter, see date on your bag.).
  4. Day 2 – Mush the bag.
  5. Day 3 – Mush the bag.
  6. Day 4 – Mush the bag.
  7. Day 5 – Mush the bag.
  8. Day 6 – Add to the bag: 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk – Mush the bag.
  9. Day 7 – Mush the bag.
  10. Day 8 – Mush the bag.
  11. Day 9 – Mush the bag.
  12. Day 10 – Follow the instructions below:.
  13. Pour entire contents of the bag into a large non-metal bowl.
  14. For 4 starters: Add 1-1/2 cups flour, 1-1/2 cups sugar, 1-1/2 cups milk.
  15. For 1 starter: Add 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 milk (Tip: Starter will form lumps – add flour and sugar only and stir until smooth then add milk gradually (it will take a lot of stirring.).
  16. Label four (or one), one-gallon Ziploc bags with “Day 1” and the date. Fill each of these bags with one cup of the mixture. These are starters for you to pass onto your friends and/or co-workers. If you’d like, you may keep one for yourself. Note: If you keep a starter bag for yourself, you will be baking bread every 10th day. If you don’t keep one for yourself, you will have to wait until you receive another starter bag from a friend, as the Amish are the only ones who know how to create a starter. After filling the bags, there will be 1-1/2 cups of batter remaining.
  17. Preheat the oven to 325’.
  18. To the remaining batter add 3 eggs, 1-1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 cup oil (or 1/2 oil & 1/2 applesauce), 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 large box vanilla instant pudding, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 cup raisins (optional), 1 cup chopped nuts (optional).
  19. Note: It is easier to mix if you combine the dry ingredients (except for sugar and pudding) in another bowl then add it slowly to the batter.
  20. Grease bottom and sides of 2 large loaf pans or spray with Pam. Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust the insides of each of the pans with half of the mixture, making sure to cover the bottom and sides well.
  21. Pour batter evenly into the 2 pans and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture over top of the batter.
  22. Bake for approximately 1 hour (until toothpick comes out clean.) Cool until the bread loosens from the pan easily. Turn onto serving dish. May be served warm or cold. Enjoy.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1849.35 Kcal (7743 kJ)
Calories from fat 782.86 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 86.98g 134%
Cholesterol 102.13mg 34%
Sodium 2677.37mg 112%
Potassium 1043.97mg 22%
Total Carbs 248.36g 83%
Sugars 110.31g 441%
Dietary Fiber 17.2g 69%
Protein 29.65g 59%
Vitamin C 2mg 3%
Iron 10mg 55%
Calcium 593.6mg 59%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 307.64 Kcal (1288 kJ)
Calories from fat 130.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.47g 134%
Cholesterol 16.99mg 34%
Sodium 445.38mg 112%
Potassium 173.67mg 22%
Total Carbs 41.31g 83%
Sugars 18.35g 441%
Dietary Fiber 2.86g 69%
Protein 4.93g 59%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 3%
Iron 1.7mg 55%
Calcium 98.7mg 59%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 43.4
    Points
  • 51
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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