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= Amish Friendship Bread and Starter = Servings: Makes 2 (9x5-inch) loaves

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Amish Friendship Bread

This is a delicious bread that can be adapted many ways. Make it plain or mix in your favorite fruit. Give the starter and recipe as a gift during the holidays.

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:

Amish Friendship Bread Starter:

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 granulated sugar, divided

3 cups milk

Instructions For Making Starter:

1). 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 at room temperature until bubbly. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle.

2). 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.

3). 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).

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.

Amish Friendship Bread Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup starter

1 cup vegetable oil

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

3 large eggs

3 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine all ingredients (including Starter) and mix well. Pour into 2 well greased and sugared 9x5-inch loaf pans. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until done. Cool 20 minutes before removing from pans.

Makes 2 (9x5-inch) loaves.

Source: DianasDesserts.com

Date: November 3, 2002

Yeast makes bread rise, and gives it the air bubbles inside.

The term yeast refers to a group of a hundred or so single celled organisms collectively known as Saccharomyces, which are a type of fungi.

When you mix flour and yeast and dampen it, various things start to happen. In addition to the wheat's own enzymes, which begin to convert sugar into starch, the yeast cells produce several enzymes of their own, which convert the various sugars in flour into forms the yeast can absorb. This is how yeast feeds.

Most enzymes inside the yeast cell convert these sugars into carbon dioxide and alcohol, which are excreted. The carbon dioxide forms into bubbles in the dough and causes it to rise. This is fermentation (from the Latin fermo meaning 'to boil') This enzyme activity helps to make the tough gluten in the flour more digestible. Not surprisingly, bread that ferments for longer is better for you.

After feeding heartily and passing gas accordingly, the yeast's cells turn to reproduction, so it splits in two. From then on 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 8 etc etc... meanwhile some of the excreted alcohol becomes acetic acid, which makes the dough slightly more acidic. Yeast likes that, and the activity increases because of it. All this noticeably raises the temperature of the dough.

yes there is

Yes because bread has yeast in and toast is just grilled bread or something like that so yes.