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Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe

Use this Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe as a base for many sweet breads, dinner rolls, muffins and other baked goods. Hints for storing and using up the sourdough starter.

Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 4 cups
Calories: 337 kcal
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup warm water about 110 degrees
  • 1 package active dry yeast* (2 1/4 teaspoons)
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup milk (2% or higher fat)

Instructions

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  1. Pour the warm water into a small glass bowl.
  2. Sprinkle the yeast over the water. Let this stand for 5-8 minutes to allow it to dissolve.
  3. In a larger glass bowl (or plastic bowl. Don't use metal bowls or utensils for sourdough), mix together the flour and sugar with a wooden spoon.
  4. Stir in the milk and then the yeast mixture.
  5. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and allow it to stand until bubbly.
  6. Once the mixture is bubbly, pour it into a gallon-size zippered plastic bag and seal. Do not refrigerate. Allow the sourdough mixture to sit out at room temperature. This counts as Day 1.
  7. Day 2: Mash the bag.
  8. Day 3: Mash the bag.
  9. Day 4: Mash the bag.
  10. Day 5: Mash the bag.
  11. Day 6: Add 1 cup each of flour, sugar and milk. Mash the bag until it is mixed well.
  12. Day 7: Mash the bag.
  13. Day 8: Mash the bag.
  14. Day 9: Mash the bag.
  15. Day 10: Pour the sourdough into a glass (or other nonmetal) bowl. Add 1/2 cup each of all-purpose flour, granulated sugar and milk. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
  16. Divide out 1 cup portions of the starter, placing each one-cup portion in separate zippered plastic bags. You'll get about 4-5 bags. 
  17. Seal the bags, and give the starter away to friends along with the instructions, keeping one for yourself if desired. The starter then goes back to Day 1.
  18. Keep one starter for yourself.
  19. Click here for the instructions to bake the bread.

Notes

  • *Instant yeast will work as well.
  • **Calorie count shown above is for the friendship bread starter only and measures the calories in an entire cup. You use 1 cup of starter per two loaves of bread.

Nutrition Information

Calories 337kcal (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4cups

Amount Per Serving

Calories 337

% Daily Value*

Calories 337kcal 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.