{"id":5,"date":"2011-01-19T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T17:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahmorganart.com\/wordpress\/?p=5"},"modified":"2011-01-24T19:36:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T00:36:54","slug":"amish-friendship-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sarahmorganart.com\/wordpress\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"Amish Friendship Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is more than a recipe &#8211; it&#8217;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 <em>ten days<\/em> to make fit in? Maybe it&#8217;s a touch stone to our past &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe comes to us from Mrs. Norma Condon of Los Angeles. Amish Friendship Bread is a great bread for the holidays. When you&#8217;ve made your bread, you can give your friends a sample <em>and<\/em> the starter that made it! Then your friends can make <em>their<\/em> own and pass it along to <em>their<\/em> friends. This is why the bread is called &#8220;friendship bread&#8221;. 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!<\/p>\n<p>Amish Friendship Bread is a genuine starter bread. If you know someone with a starter, you are in luck.\u00a0 If not, check online \u2013 it\u2019s actually pretty easy to find.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Note:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t use metal spoons or equipment. Do not refrigerate. Use only glazed ceramic or plastic bowls or containers.<\/p>\n<p>1 cup live yeast starter (see above)<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________ Day 1: <\/strong>Do nothing with the starter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________ Days 2-5:<\/strong> Stir with a wooden spoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________ Day 6:<\/strong> Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Stir with a wooden spoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________ Days 7-9:<\/strong> Stir with a wooden spoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________ Day 10:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; (5.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>There are tons of variations on this!\u00a0 Once you\u2019ve mastered the original, try making this some different ways!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is more than a recipe &#8211; it&#8217;s a way of thinking. 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