Last night I was given a starter for Amish Friendship Bread, along with the instructions for preparing it, by my friend, Kimberlie. It takes 10 days to make Amish Friendship Bread once the starter has been made. Basically, those 10 days are spent stirring the starter (or, in my case, since I was given a starter in a ziploc bag, mushing the bag) and occasionally adding more flour, milk, and sugar. Then, on the 10th day, you divide your starter into a few new one-cup starters -- one you keep for yourself to bake, and the rest you give to friends so that they, too, can spend the next 10 days of their lives stirring (or mushing) their starter to also be able to make Amish Friendship Bread.
I'm very excited to make mine. I've wanted to try Amish Friendship Bread for a long time, but 'til now, I'd never been given a starter (and my amateur abilities in the kitchen prevented me from trying to make my own). So the time has finally come! According to my calendar, I'll be able to bake mine on December 15th. I'll have to tell you how it turns out.
Since I can't very well pass along a starter to you, my blogging friends, I'll post these instead: Here is what looks like a good recipe for the starter, and this looks pretty close to the bread recipe I'll be attempting. Enjoy!
Oh, and also now up for your enjoyment are the pictures I promised of the adventures we had last weekend with my dad.
2 comments:
Now THAT is extremely cool. I've always been curious about bread starters and bread that takes days & days to make. (And bread in general is just exceedingly nummy.)
I hope it tastes fabulous! And think of all the bready friends you'll have now when you share out those other starters! :^)
That jar museum looks cool. Now I want to make a trip to Muncie just to go there. I love the old jar man. Very fitting.
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