It all started out when my friend gave me a bag of batter & a piece of paper. The paper said something about how to make Amish Friendship Bread. It said I have to mush the bag for 5 days, add stuff, mush the bag for another 5 days and then I could make it.
So I didn't actually look at the ingredients until today, day 10.
Well, first off, to this batter, you add 1 1/2 cups each of flour, sugar & milk, then mix it - and take 4 cups and divide them into 4 different gallon zip lock bags to give to friends and keep for yourself...THEN I'm supposed to add 3 eggs, 1 cup of oil, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of flour and a box of pudding along with miscellaneous spices, salt, etc. Uh - WOAH! It makes two loafs of bread. And according to the recipe, you can't let the "starter" batter go away, because apparently only the Amish know how to start it (never mind the thousands of web sites that tell you how to start it, I am sure my starter batter came directly from the Amish people back east about 50 years ago - yah, that's the story.)
It's cooking now. I've heard nothing but good things about this particular brand of bread, but I'm not so sure I should consume it. I mean - just smelling it cook is clogging up my arteries and putting me into a diabetic coma.
Anyone ever have this stuff before? Or was I dooped into keeping this old batter on my kitchen counter for a week and a half? I will know in approximately 54 minutes and 47 seconds - plus 10 minutes for cooling - if I shall live or die.
Edited to say - it needs to be revamped by the Amish - those starters I saved were just tossed in the trash - there's nothing special about Amish Friendship bread - especially not a 10 day anticipatory treat! I probably got a different recipe than Crysty - because she loves her Amish bread. Me, however, it needs to taste a LOT better than that for using a cup of oil & 4 cups of sugar & flour!!
6 comments:
Oh dear!!! I'll dig out my recipe! Because it is DELISH, and I don't dare make it....because I eat the entire thing and then proceed to make another. Gained a good 20 lbs a couple of winters ago on the stuff!
ha! I heard one other person got it too, but haven't heard how it turned out.
oh to be at your house right now. I tell you I would have it gone... I love this stuff. Hmm maybe it is time to go and find some pudding.
I've heard of this, but never tried it.... sounds insteresting!
I've heard of this, but never tried it.... sounds insteresting!
I got a bag of this stuff too, and a few pieces of the bread, which I didn't get any of. After reading what was in the bag and watching it ferment day after day, I trashed it...LOL
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