Amish Friendship Bread

Day 1: Day after the date on the bag – do nothing (view starter recipe) Day 2: Mush the bag Day 3: Mush the bag Day 4: Mush the bag Day 5: Mush the bag Day 6: Add to the bag and mush:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk

Day 7: Mush the bag Day 8: Mush the bag Day 9: Mush the bag Day 10:

1. Pour the entire bag into a nonmetal bowl.
2. Add and mix well:
   • 1½ cup flour
   • 1½ cup sugar
   • 1½ cup milk
3. Measure out equal portions of 1 cup each into 4 1-gallon Ziploc bags. Some people will end up with 4-7 portions depending on how active your starter has been, especially if you made your starter from scratch.
4. Keep one of the bags for yourself (or leave it in the mixing bowl if you plan to bake right away), and give the other bags to friends along with the recipe.
5. Write the date on the bags.
6. Preheat oven to 325°F.
7. In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients:
   • 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
   • 3 eggs
   • 1 cup oil
   • ½ cup milk
   • 1 cup sugar
   • ½ teaspoon vanilla
   • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
   • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
   • ½ teaspoon salt
   • ½ teaspoon baking soda
   • 2 cups flour
   • 1 small box vanilla instant pudding
8. Grease two large loaf pans.
9. Dust the greased pans with a mixture of ½ cup sugar and 1½ teaspoons cinnamon.
10. Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture on the top.
11. Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.