Why doesn't this bread recipe call for yeast?!
I was trying to make some amish friendship bread and was wondering why it doesn't call for yeast!.
"Amish Friendship Bread"
1 C sugar
1 C milk
1 C flour
Do not use metal to store or stir!. I usually use a plastic zip-loc bag!.
1 cup live yeast starter (see above)
day 1:
Do nothing with the starter!.
days 2-5:
Stir with a wooden spoon!.
day 6:
Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk!. Stir with a wooden spoon!.
days 7-9:
Stir with a wooden spoon!.
Day 10:
Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk!. Stir!. Take out 3 cups and place 1 cup each into three separate plastic containers!. Give one cup and a copy of this recipe to three friends!. To the balance (a little over one cup) of the batter, add the following ingredients and mix well!.
1 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 - (5!.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients!. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans!. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour!.
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"Amish Friendship Bread"
1 C sugar
1 C milk
1 C flour
Do not use metal to store or stir!. I usually use a plastic zip-loc bag!.
1 cup live yeast starter (see above)
day 1:
Do nothing with the starter!.
days 2-5:
Stir with a wooden spoon!.
day 6:
Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk!. Stir with a wooden spoon!.
days 7-9:
Stir with a wooden spoon!.
Day 10:
Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk!. Stir!. Take out 3 cups and place 1 cup each into three separate plastic containers!. Give one cup and a copy of this recipe to three friends!. To the balance (a little over one cup) of the batter, add the following ingredients and mix well!.
1 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 - (5!.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients!. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans!. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour!.
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Answers:
Do you have the bag of yeast starter!? No, you are not making natural yeasts like those above have said!. YOU DONT HAVE THE RECIPE FOR THE STARTER ITSELF!. of course you are confused, lol!.
You have to have a bag of the starter!. How these friendship breads work is that a friend is supposed to give you some starter and with that starter you make the recipe!. You have to keep the starter alive and pass it on to another friend, and so on!. this is why it is called a friendship bread!. Find a recipe for the starter itself!. If you got the recipe online from a specific amish friendship bread site, the "See above" shows a link that you click on and it brings you straight to their store with all of the options to buy their starter, etc!. You do not have to buy their starter but can use this one:
Amish Friendship Bread Starter
"Make something special to share with a friend! This delicious starter can make a variety of breads!. Do not use metal containers or utensils!."
INGREDIENTS :
1 (!.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
3 cups white sugar, divided
3 cups milk
DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water!. Let stand 10 minutes!. In a 2 quart container glass, plastic or ceramic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar!. Mix thoroughly or flour will lump when milk is added!. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture!. Cover loosely and let stand until bubbly!. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle!. Leave loosely covered at room temperature!.
On days 2 thru 4; stir starter with a spoon!. Day 5; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk!. Days 6 thru 9; stir only!.
Day 10; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk!. Remove 1 cup to make your first bread, give 2 cups to friends along with this recipe, and your favorite Amish Bread recipe!. Store the remaining 1 cup starter in a container in the refrigerator, or begin the 10 day process over again (beginning with step 2)!.
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Editor's Note
Once you have made the starter, you will consider it Day One, and thus ignore step 1 in this recipe and proceed with step 2!. You can also freeze this starter in 1 cup measures for later use!. Frozen starter will take at least 3 hours at room temperature to thaw before using!.
use this starter for your recipe!!
GOOD LUCK!
KimWww@FoodAQ@Com
You have to have a bag of the starter!. How these friendship breads work is that a friend is supposed to give you some starter and with that starter you make the recipe!. You have to keep the starter alive and pass it on to another friend, and so on!. this is why it is called a friendship bread!. Find a recipe for the starter itself!. If you got the recipe online from a specific amish friendship bread site, the "See above" shows a link that you click on and it brings you straight to their store with all of the options to buy their starter, etc!. You do not have to buy their starter but can use this one:
Amish Friendship Bread Starter
"Make something special to share with a friend! This delicious starter can make a variety of breads!. Do not use metal containers or utensils!."
INGREDIENTS :
1 (!.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
3 cups white sugar, divided
3 cups milk
DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water!. Let stand 10 minutes!. In a 2 quart container glass, plastic or ceramic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar!. Mix thoroughly or flour will lump when milk is added!. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture!. Cover loosely and let stand until bubbly!. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle!. Leave loosely covered at room temperature!.
On days 2 thru 4; stir starter with a spoon!. Day 5; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk!. Days 6 thru 9; stir only!.
Day 10; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk!. Remove 1 cup to make your first bread, give 2 cups to friends along with this recipe, and your favorite Amish Bread recipe!. Store the remaining 1 cup starter in a container in the refrigerator, or begin the 10 day process over again (beginning with step 2)!.
:
Editor's Note
Once you have made the starter, you will consider it Day One, and thus ignore step 1 in this recipe and proceed with step 2!. You can also freeze this starter in 1 cup measures for later use!. Frozen starter will take at least 3 hours at room temperature to thaw before using!.
use this starter for your recipe!!
GOOD LUCK!
KimWww@FoodAQ@Com
Days 1-9 you are working on what is called a "starter!." By following the process outlined above you are capturing natural yeasts that exsist in the environment!. By day 10 the recipe assumes that the starter has gathered enough yeast to cause the bread to rise!. This is how breads were made before commercial yeast was readily available!. It is called "Friendship Bread" because once the starter is ready you give a cup to two friends so that they can make the bread as well!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
When you "grow" your starter, that is your live culture that works like yeast!.
It is time consuming -- and will at first seem gross, but it will work!. I've never made the Amish Bread, but I have made potato bread that used a starter base similar to this recipe!. It was yummy! Once I got past the starter part and just fed the starter before using it, then separating for the next batch, it wasn't so bad -- or gross!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It is time consuming -- and will at first seem gross, but it will work!. I've never made the Amish Bread, but I have made potato bread that used a starter base similar to this recipe!. It was yummy! Once I got past the starter part and just fed the starter before using it, then separating for the next batch, it wasn't so bad -- or gross!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Sounds like sour dough bread starter would work as well my mom used to keep a sour dough mother in her fridgeWww@FoodAQ@Com
The dough will ferment naturally :)
It's like german ryebread: always keep a bit for the next batch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It's like german ryebread: always keep a bit for the next batch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com