Amish Friendship Bread 1965

Friendship Starter Ingredients; Note: if you recieved a cup of starer from a friend..and have this on hand..you either bake the bread now...OR you can proceed at day 2..3..4.. instructions...(the complete recipe for the starter is below..)

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 1 loaf bread

Ingredients

• 2  cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2  cups warm water
• 1⁄4 ounce active dry yeast
• 2  cups  whole milk
• 2  cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2  cups granulated sugar

• Friendship Bread Ingredients

• Batter

• 3  large eggs
• 2⁄3 cup  vegetable oil
• 2  cups unbleached flour
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

• Topping

• 1⁄3 cup  melted butter
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup quick-cooking oats (5 minutes)
• 1  cup  chopped pecans or 1  cup walnuts
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preparing starter; Day 1-- In a glass bowl add the first three ingredients, flour water and yeast.
2. Mix thoroughly.
3. Leave on counter uncovered-- do not refrigerate.
4. Day 2 3, and 4-- just stir real well each day with wooden spoon.
5. Day 5-- stir in and add 1 cup milk 1 cup flour, and one cup sugar.
6. this is called feeding the starter.
7. Day 6-- 7-- 8-- just stir well with wooden spoon.
8. Day 9-- stir well adding again 1 cup milk, 1 cup flour, and 1 cup sugar.
9. Day 10-- 11-- just stir well.
10. Day 12-- ladle out one cup of starter into glass jars with lids-- should have four one cup jars.
11. Keep one jar and make a bread now.
12. Give the other two jars to friends to make a bread also.
13. THE FOURTH JAR keep for another time to use-- for yourself, replenishing as a starter.
14. To this fourth jar for yourself Add 1 teaspoon sugar and the REFRIGERATE>> The sugar added here will keep it alive and feed the yeast.
15. Date the jar.
16. Every 10 days, Remove the starer and transfer it to a bowl.
17. Now feed it the regular combination of 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup flour, stirring well.
18. LEAVE on counter uncovered for 2 days, then either bake it or give it away again keeping some for yourself.
19. Making your cinnamon bread; Combine all the topping ingredients and set aside.
20. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
21. In a large bowl beat together 1 cup starter eggs, and vegetable oil.
22. Add all the remaining ingredients and mix.
23. Pour half the batter into a greased loaf pan.
24. Sprinkle with half the topping ingredeints.
25. Cover with the remaining batter.
26. Sprinkle all the remaining topping mixture over.
27. Bake 35 minutes-- to 40 minutes, until golden and tester comes away just a crumbs or two clinging.