Have you ever made Amish Friendship bread? YUMMM?

Question

what is the history behind it?

Answer 1

I love all Amish food. The friendship bread would be past within a group of friends and family for days. It would come with directions for what you needed to add and how many times you need to knead it. When you are done with your part, you pass it on to the next person. Finally, when the bread is baked by one of the members, everyone has a get together and shares the loaf.

Answer 2

My wife has had this when she was young and an Amish family babyset her. She remembers this bread with fondness and wishes she could find it again.

The problem is that this bread is hard to find to buy. The Amish make this bread only for themselves and their family and friends. To them is has no price and they are not willing to sell it.

The secret lies in the long process of making the doe. I don't know the details... Once the doe is made, it is easy to cook. If anyone does know how, please let me know. My wife would really appreciate it.

Answer 3

Ive made this recipe and it it gets better the longer you keep the starter going. I think Im going to try the version that adds yeast next time I start it up again.

whenever you make it your supposed to give a loaf away with a copy of the recipe and a cup of the starter.

Tip I make my starter in a zip lock bag mostly closed and then you can mix it when needed without a spoon.

Try Orange flavored crasins in it.....

Good Luck..........


Amish Friendship Bread


This is more than a recipe - it's a way of thinking. In our hi-tech world almost everything comes prepackaged and designed for instant gratification. So where does a recipe that takes ten days to make fit in? Maybe it's a touch stone to our past - to those days not so very long ago when everything we did took time and where a bread that took 10 days to make was not as extraordinary as it seems today.

The recipe comes to us from Mrs. Norma Condon of Los Angeles. Amish Friendship Bread is a great bread for the holidays. When you've made your bread, you can give your friends a sample and the starter that made it! Then your friends can make their own and pass it along to their friends. This is why the bread is called "friendship bread". It makes a great homemade birthday and Christmas present. Church groups and hospitals have spread a lot of love and cheer by making Amish Friendship Bread for their members. Many people make it regularly just because it tastes so good!

Amish Friendship Bread is a genuine starter bread. If you know someone with a starter, you are in luck. For those of you without access to a starter, we've done our research and found a great option. It's a special starter in powder form that can be activated with flour and water; it's safe, very inexpensive and we can send it to you.

Starter for Amish Friendship Bread (G-110)
The Recipe

Important Note: Don't use metal spoons or equipment. Do not refrigerate. Use only glazed ceramic or plastic bowls or containers.

Required Main Ingredient

1 cup live yeast starter (see above)

day 1:
Do nothing with the starter.

days 2-5:
Stir with a wooden spoon.

day 6:
Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Stir with a wooden spoon.

days 7-9:
Stir with a wooden spoon.

Day 10:
Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Stir. Take out 3 cups and place 1 cup each into three separate plastic containers. Give one cup and a copy of this recipe to three friends. To the balance (a little over one cup) of the batter, add the following ingredients and mix well.

1 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 - (5.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.



AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER

3 c. sugar
3 c. flour
3 c. milk

On Day 1: In glass or plastic bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup milk. Stir mixture with wooden or plastic spoon (don't use metal spoon or electric mixer). Cover bowl loosely with paper towel, cloth, wax paper or plastic wrap. Keep at room temperature (don't refrigerate).

On Days 2, 3 and 4: Using wooden or plastic spoon, stir mixture once each day.

On Day 5: Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup milk; stir.

On Days 6, 7, 8 and 9: Using wooden or plastic spoon, stir mixture once each day.

On Day 10: Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup milk. Remove 3 cups of mixture and give 1 cup each to three friends. Save remaining starter for yourself.

AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD:

1 c. Amish friendship bread starter
2/3 c. oil
3 eggs
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. sugar

In mixing bowl, combine all ingredients. Bake in 2 well greased and floured or sugared 9"x5" bread pans. Bake in 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes.

NOTE: Raisins, chopped apples, drained, crushed pineapple, candied fruit, coconut, mashed banana, dates, chopped nuts and/or chocolate chips (1/2 cup each) may be added to batter before baking

Answer 4

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Answer 5

i believe the history is in the "starter" for it as it can stand without refridgeration in order to "grow" .. this way they would always have reserve and more to share with others. life reminds us to share what we have .. to give to others what we also need to survive.. in turn what we give comes back to us in quanity just like that friendship bread . the bread carries a message both in nurishing our bellies as well as our soul.