Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread

Ingredients

Bread ingredients:

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup oil
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 5 oz box vanilla instant pudding

Instructions

  • Day 1 Do nothing. This is the date on the bag your received.
  • Day 2 Mush the bag.
  • Day 3 Mush the bag.
  • Day 4 Mush the bag.
  • Day 5 Mush the bag.
  • Day 6 Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk. Mush the bag.
  • Day 7 Mush the bag.
  • Day 8 Mush the bag.
  • Day 9 Mush the bag.
  • Day 10 Mix and divide the starter and bake your two loaves.

Dividing the Starter

  • Pour entire contents of the starter bag into a non-metal bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and 1 1/2 cups of milk. Mix well. Measure out 4 separate starter bags by pouring 1 cup batter into 4 separate 1 gallon ziplocl baggies. Mark each bag with that days date. Keep one for yourself and give three to friends.

Baking your bread:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees and add the following to the remaining batter.
  • Grease 2 large loaf pans and dust the greased pans with additional mixed sugar and cinnamon. Divide batter between the two pans.
  • Bake for 1 hour. Cool until bread loosens from the pans and remove the loaves.
  • Serve warm or cold.
  • If you keep a starter for yourself, you wlil bake every 10 days. Bread freezes very well.