I have a recipe for Amish Cinnamon bread...?

Question

I got this recipe along with a starter for this bread... It is llike a friendship bread where you keep passing it along to friends along with a starter. My question is... This has milk added to it and is never refrigerated. How do the milk not spoil and couldn't this make people ill? In theroy this starter that I recieved could have milk that was put in a month ago or longer and I am worried that passing it along further or eating it could make someone ill. How does the milk not go bad if it hasn't been refrigerated for so long?

Answer 1

Wow this is my specialty. I am your little amish girl, okay maybe not amish, but I am brethern which is along the same lines, and I come from an amish town. I love Amish Friendship bread, and have passed on the exponential growth bread myself many times. Milk, in amish friendship bread does not curdle if that is what you are asking about... that is why you attend to it everyday. Who ever would have thought of milk fermentated bread? Awesome, All i can say is, I have eaten more amish friendship bread than any other type of bread and have never gotten sick from it. The only way I can see someone getting sick from it is if they do not like it or if they are allergic to an ingredient.

Answer 2

The milk clabbers and makes buttermilk. You shouldnt get anyone sick if you follow directions.

But look, if you want to KEEP friends, don't pass them more than 1 round of this bread. It gets real old eating it daily, just to keep up w/ it.

Answer 3

I wish I had the starter recipe - or a friend who would pass some of this on to me!

Answer 4

The Amish can cook some awesome food.

Answer 5

The milk will curdle and that probably gives it a certain flavor.

dp