Amish Friendship Bread and Starter Recipe (Friendship Bread)
This Amish Friendship Bread and starter recipe allows you to make a yeast-free but fluffy, soft quick bread with cinnamon and vanilla flavors. You prepare the starter mixture and let it rest, then you bake it with pudding dough to the consistency of a cake. On this page, the ingredients and how-to steps are brief and clear.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare the starter mixture
In a large bowl, whisk 3 cups of sugar, 3 cups of milk and 3 cups of flour until smooth. Cover it and let it rest at room temperature.
Prepare the oven and mold
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Grease the loaf cake mold; If you want, you can flour it and shake off the excess to make it easier to remove.
Make the cinnamon-sugar mixture
For the topping, mix 1 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in a small bowl. You can sprinkle a very thin layer on the bottom of the mold.
Wet ingredients stir
In another bowl, combine 1 cup of milk, eggs, oil and vanilla. Beat briefly until homogeneous.
Add dry ingredients
Add flour, sugar, baking powder, 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, salt, baking soda and instant vanilla pudding mix. Mix with spatula just until combined; Do not mix too much so that the bread does not become heavy.
Take the dough into the mold
Pour the dough into the mold. Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over it. If you want, make a wavy pattern by drawing very lightly with a knife.
Bake
Bake in the preheated oven for about 70 minutes. Check after 60 minutes; If it comes out clean when you insert a toothpick in the middle, it means it's done.
Let it rest and serve
Let rest in the mold for 10–15 minutes, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack. Slice and serve; It is easier to cut the next day.

