Amish Friendship Bread

Recipe Ingredients

		Starter
1 packet		Dry yeast - (1/4 oz)
2 1/2 cups	592ml	Warm water - divided
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
		Assembly
2 cups	474ml	Milk - divided
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour - divided
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Sugar - divided
		Bread
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
2 teaspoons	10ml	Baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 cup	237ml	Starter
3		Eggs
2/3 cup	157ml	Oil
1 tablespoon	15ml	Vanilla extract
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Chopped walnuts
2		Apples - peeled, cored, and finely chopped
		And finely chopped

Recipe Instructions

For the Starter: Dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup of the warm water in a deep glass or plastic container. Stir in the remaining warm water, flour and sugar. Beat until smooth. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Do not refrigerate.

For Assembly: On days one, two, three and four, stir the batter. On day five, add 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of sugar. Stir.

On days six, seven, eight and nine, stir the batter each day.

On day 10, add the remaining 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of sugar. Stir. The batter is ready to use. This makes 3 cups of batter. If you want, pour 1 cup of batter into two containers to give away, and save 1 cup to begin the process over again.

For the Bread: Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 2 (9- by 5-inch) loaf pans. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, stir together the Amish Friendship Starter, eggs, oil and vanilla. Gradually stir in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the nuts and apples.  Divide the batter evenly between the pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes.

Source:
"The Los Angeles Times, 09-05-2001"

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