Amish Friendship Bread

Ingredients Notes
• 4 cups flour • ½ teaspoon salt ➢ Do not refrigerate.
• 3 cups sugar • ½ teaspoon baking soda ➢ Do not use a metal spoon.
• 2 cups milk • ½ teaspoon sugar
• ⅔ cup oil • ½ cup other ingredients: ➢ Place cover slightly ajar,
• 3 eggs • raisins, nuts, dates, i.e. loose or crooked.
• ½ teaspoon vanilla chocolate chips,
• 1¼ teaspoon baking coconut, crushed
powder pineapple, etc.
Directions
 Day 1: Do nothing on the day you receive the starter.
 Day 2: Stir
 Day 3: Stir
 Day 4: Stir
 Day 5: Stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar & 1 cup milk.
 Day 6: Stir
 Day 7: Stir
 Day 8: Stir
 Day 9: Stir
 Day 10: Stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar & 1 cup milk. Put 1 cup each
into 3 containers. Give each one to a friend, or keep one for yourself to
repeat the process. Bake the remainder following the steps below.
To Bake the Bread
1. There will be about 1 cup remaining after the above steps, perhaps a little more. To this add
⅔ cup oil, 2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1¼ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp baking soda,
3 eggs, ½ tsp cinnamon and ½ tsp vanilla. Then add about ½ cup of any other desired
ingredients.
2. Pour into two well-greased and floured loaf pans. You may grease and sugar the pans instead,
though the loaves may stick. You may also use a bundt pan.
3. Bake at 350°F for 50–60 minutes, or until the loaves are done. A toothpick can be used to
check for doneness.
4. Allow the loaves to cool for 10 minutes before removing them from the pans.
To Bake Muffins
1. Mix the ingredients as you would to make bread, following step 1 above.
2. Pour the mix into one or more greased and floured muffin pans. It should yield about 24
muffins.
3. Bake at 350°F for 20–25 minutes, or until done.