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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
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 Posted - Mar 17 2007 : 1:02:15 PM
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does anyone have a a recipe for amish friendship bread starter? i have found a few online, but they each seem so different. some say that it takes 20-something days before you are able to use it to bake and some just the 10 days.
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2007 : 10:27:36 AM
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Amy - I do have a recipe that I've used many times and like very much....but the recipe book is at my son's house right now. As soon as I get it back (this week) I will post it.
If memory serves me correctly, my recipe calls for the 10-day start.
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 12:01:40 PM
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Here's the recipe - I've made it several times, and it is delicious. Another little thing I add is that when the baking pan is greased, I sprinkle it with a mix of sugar and cinnamon.
Amish Friendship Bread
3 c flour, divided
3 c sugar, divided
3 c milk, divided
2/3 c oil
2 c flour
1 c sugar
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1 1/2 to 2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
Make your own starter by combining one cup flour, one cup sugar, and one cup milk in a non-metal bowl. On day one, the day you make or receive your starter, do nothing. On days 2, 3, and 4, stir with a wooden spoon. Do not use a metal spoon. Day 5 add one cup flour, one cup sugar, and one cup milk. Stir. Days 6, 7, 8, and 9, stir with a wooden spoon. Day 10, add one cup flour, one cup sugar and one cup milk. Stir. To give the starter as gifts, pour one cup of the starter into 3 glass or plastic containers and give to two friends, keeping one starter for yourself. To the remaining batch, add the remainder of the ingredients. Pour into two well-greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 - 50 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.
To start again, take the one cup of starter you kept for yourself and begin the process again.
Enjoy!
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kelly
TX
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 12:56:47 PM
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Thanks Sandy for the recipe, I would like to try this too. Sounds Yummy! Do you keep this on the counter or put it in the fridge once you start adding the wet ingredients?
"Work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow." ~Benjamin Franklin~
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 1:04:16 PM
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thank you so much for the recipe. i am so excited. i have been wanting some of this bread for a while. i am going to make my starter tonight!
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 3:18:30 PM
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It stays on the counter as it is "processing". I've never had a problem with it smelling or tasting bad. I do usually cover it with a cloth - something that the air can flow through rather than a tight fitting lid.
Think I'll start a batch myself!
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2007 : 2:42:19 PM
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ok. i just made my starter. i am so excited. it has been years since i had this bread. i can hardly wait!
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Sweet Harvest Homestead
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lindy
Stanfield
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 23 2007 : 04:28:10 AM
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Thank you for posting this recipe. My mother in law gave a starter to me several years ago. We loved the bread. I forgot about it until I saw this post.
Lindy
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
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Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Mar 23 2007 : 1:00:28 PM
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Just had to mention this...my neighbor gave me a starter very close to this one around Thanksgiving time. I made it religiously every ten days for most of the winter. A few weeks ago, I had to let my starter die. My husband had started calling it "Amish fatness bread". It's delicious stuff, but if you are not doing hard physical work every day it will put the pounds on you.
I'm glad to know that I can make it from scratch whenever I want and don't need to keep that starter alive continuously. Thanks! |
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
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Posted - Mar 23 2007 : 8:26:26 PM
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So true, Amie! I think I even experimented with one batch by replacing the oil with non-flavored yogurt. Even so....it's loaded with calories, which is probably why it tastes so good!
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
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meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Mar 27 2007 : 09:09:48 AM
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I'm on day 6 too, and getting impatient for some of this good bread 
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
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michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2007 : 11:27:08 AM
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thanks sandy, Im starting mine on Sat.
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2007 : 6:40:10 PM
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help! i am on day 8 with my starter and when i opened it up to stir it tonight, there was mold along the top of the container where remnants of the starter were on the sides of the bowl. what did i do wrong? i have it in a tupperware bowl with a lid (we have had an ant problem lately and i didn't want to take a chance of ants getting to it) in the past when i have been given a starter in was in a gallon size ziploc bag. would that have been better?
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2007 : 10:06:46 AM
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oh well, i threw my starter out. i am afraid to try it again. and tomorrow was going to be the day i made the bread 
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City Chick
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Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2007 : 06:02:08 AM
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Last fall I substituted a cup of canned pumpkin for the cup of oil and it was excellent! I'm going to thaw a starter and try a cup of bananas this time to see how it turns out.
(My recipe is a bit different from the one pony express has posted)
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
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Posted - Apr 01 2007 : 4:46:30 PM
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I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner Amy - I've been out of town. It's been a little while since I made the starter, but I don't remember this happening. If the mold was only around the top of the container, I MIGHT have carefully inspected the main contents and if it appeared okay, carefully cleaned the mold off the rim and continued...again, I MIGHT have done this. Sometimes I think if small remnants (like around the rim after stirring) are left exposed to the air, they might mold but the "activity" in the main body of the starter discourages the formation of mold in that area. Just a thought..
Since this makes so much, I wonder if it could be made in smaller batches, like dividing the starter ingredients in half. Anyone ever try this?
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2007 : 03:33:31 AM
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I've always made mine in the ziplock baggie, (better "squishing"). Never heard of mold forming. Odd...
Never made smaller batches either. I just scoop out my 1 cup starters and put into another baggie and freeze.
I also use dry milk and mix according to directions on the box - not sure if that helps with the mold problem or not. But it does help to keep the $ down a bit.
Sorry that happened to you. I missed your post when I originally posted.  |
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Rivergirl_2007
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shirley
Karnak
IL
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2007 : 1:57:31 PM
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| Thanks so much for posting the recipe. I've had recipes in the past, but you had to have some of the starter. Also, if you don't want to make the bread regularly, can you freeze the starter? Someone gave me some starter once and I remember it being frozen in a ziplock bag. |
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