Amish Friendship Bread

This is a great idea for the holidays. The recipe comes to us from Mrs. Norma Condon of Los Angeles. The bread takes eight days to make and when you're done you can give your friends a sample of the bread and the starter that made it!

This is a genuine starter bread. For those of you who have never tasted pancakes or bread made with a live yeast starter, you are in for a treat. The problem is that you need to have a cup of starter to begin this recipe. (See our section on starters for more information.)

If you know someone with a starter, you are in luck. For those of you without access to a starter, we've looked around and found an excellent sourdough starter that is in powder form and can be activated with flour and water; it's reasonably priced and we can send it to you. We've also found an excellent book on sourdough baking which should contain all the information you need to make some of the most delicious breads, pancakes and muffins you've ever tasted.

Order your sourdough starter and accessories from us.


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.


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