amish cinnamon bread

A few years ago I got a starter of Amish Cinnamon Bread.  This is a bread that you get a starter bag from a friend then you leave on your counter for ten days adding something each day.  One the tenth day you divid it bake some and share some. I made and shared it.  Now my girlfriend wants to start it again.  Does anyone have the starter recipe?  Please share.

Lynn

Lynn, if you want to email me, I can send the recipe in better format, I can't get it to copy from Word into the BB without it messing up the spacing.

 Check your PM for my email address.

Karen

Lynn, this is also a post I had responded to someone else who was looking for different things to make than just the cinnamon bread.  Next time I make a starter batch I am going to freeze it and try some of these...

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 AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER 

Ingredients:

 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast¼ cup warm water (110°F/45°C)

3 cups all-purpose flour, divided

3 cups white sugar, divided

3 cups milk

Instructions:

(1)        In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water; and let stand for 10 minutes.

(2)        In a 1 gallon plastic bag, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar and mix thoroughly or flour will lump when milk is added.

(3)        Slowly add 1 cup of milk to the bag and then add dissolved yeast mixture; close the bag tight and mix thoroughly; then let stand at room temperature (mixture may become bubbly. Consider this Day 1 of the 10-day cycle.  Do not refrigerate, leave on counter..

(4)       On Days 2-4 of the 10-day cycle, mix starter thoroughly by squishing around in the bag.

(5)        On Day 5 of the 10-day cycle, mix in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk.         (6)        On Days 6-9 of the 10-day cycle, mix only.        

(7)        On Day 10 of the 10-day cycle, mix in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. (8)        Remove 1 cup of the mix to make your first bread (using the Amish Cinnamon Bread recipe); separate the remaining mix into 5 bags, 1 cup each, (this is considered a starter) and give them to 5 friends, along with the recipe -OR- store the remaining starters in a container in the freezer (to use to make bread in the future) -OR- the starter can be used to begin the 10-day process over again (if you start over, start with step 2, above). 

 * * * Note:         Frozen starter will take at least 3 hours at room temperature to thaw before  using.

 AMISH CINNAMON BREAD 

Ingredients: 

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter

1 cup vegetable oil

2 cups flour1 cup white sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon½ cup milk1 tsp. vanilla

1½ tsp. baking powder

2 small boxes vanilla instant pudding mix

½ tsp. salt

½ tsp. baking soda

3 eggs  

Instructions:

(1)        Mix all ingredients together in a lg. bowl.

(2)        In a separate bowl, mix 1 tsp. cinnamon with 3 tsp. sugar.

(3)        Sprinkle into well greased loaf pans before pouring batter into pans.

(4)        Bake at 325°F for 1 hour or until done.* * * Note:      Recipe makes two loaves of bread, but the bread can be frozen until ready to use.

Thanks Marcia for making better sense of my jumbled mess. It just would not copy from Word properly and I even tried to edit it.  I did finally get it to Lynn in an email.  That worked better.  LOL!

Take care!

Karen

It' had been years since I got a starter of the Amish Bread recipe & 6 or so months ago a neighbor gave me one. The cinnamon bread recipe above was fantastic and is exactly like the one I was given.

As just a suggestion I tried a couple different variations...for one I used 2 packs of instant coconut pudding mix & nuts--and I also tried lemon instant pudding for a change. They were both great!!!

It's been a couple months now, I'm thinking I'll get another recipe for the starter going soon!!

Renee, they sound great.  I'm thinking I might try butterscotch pudding, but not sure if I would still add the cinnamon or not.  I guess I'll just have to try it and see.

Karen