Ingredients 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter 3 eggs 1 cup oil ½ cup milk 1 cup sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking soda 2 cups flour 1 small box vanilla instant pudding 1 cup nuts chopped (optional) 1 cup raisins (optional)
Amish friendship bread is a traditional Amish recipe that’s gone mainstream. Its defining characteristic is its use of a sweet starter made from equal parts water, flour and milk, plus yeast. The starter takes 10 days to prepare. Once it’s ready, you’ll use one cup of your starter to bake a sweet bread topped with cinnamon sugar.
AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD: Mix oil, eggs, and vanilla with the starter mix. In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, vanilla pudding mix, and nuts. Add to liquid mixture and stir thoroughly.
Always use nonmetal bowls and utensils for the sourdough starter, it is acidic and can breakdown the metal You can freeze Amish Friendship Bread by wrapping it tightly in plastic wrap or foil and placing in a heavy-duty freezer bag.