Amish Friendship Bread Starter

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Meghan

Just in case you wanted to make up a batch of Amish Friendship Bread but none of your friends has any starter handy, here is the recipe to make up the starter from scratch. Now you can start the chain bread amongst your group!

Amish Friendship Bread Starter
Ingredients
1 package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110 F)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup warm milk (110 F)

Directions
Important: Do not use metal at all for this recipe – no metal bowls, spoons or measuring cups.
1. Dissolve the yeast in the warm water.
2. Stir the flour and sugar together in a bowl.
3. Add the milk and yeast/water mixture into the flour and sugar and stir well to dissolve the lumps.
4. Transfer the starter into a ziplock bag, do not refrigerate it, and follow the recipe for Amish Friendship Bread, starting at Day 1.

Category: bake it, Recipe Tags: bread, bread starter, friendship bread

One Comment on “Amish Friendship Bread Starter”

Justina Marie
March 22, 2013

I love Amish Friendship Bread and haven’t made it in awhile. Thank you for the starter receipt. New follower from the blog hop.

Justina @ http://justinawho.blogspot.com/