Twix

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Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread & Starter

The Instructions

Following are the recipe and instructions for Amish Friendship Bread as it was given to me. You can also go to our Recipe Box for an easily printable version of the recipe by clicking here.

NOTE: Do not refrigerate starter. It is normal for the batter to rise and ferment. If air gets in the bag, let it out.

Day 1: Do nothing.
Day 2: Mash the bag.
Day 3: Mash the bag.
Day 4: Mash the bag.
Day 5: Mash the bag.
Day 6: Add to the bag: 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk. Mash the bag.
Day 7: Mash the bag.
Day 8: Mash the bag.
Day 9: Mash the bag.
Day 10: Follow the directions below:

1. Pour the entire bag into a nonmetal bowl.
2. Add 1 1/2 cup flour, 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cup milk.
3. Measure out equal portions of 1 cup each into 4 1-gallon Ziploc bags. *Most people will end up with 4-7 portions depending on how active your starter has been, especially if you made your starter from scratch.*
4. Keep one of the bags for yourself (or leave it in the mixing bowl if you plan to bake right away), and give the other bags to friends along with the recipe.

REMEMBER: If you keep a starter for yourself, you will be baking in 10 days. The bread is very good and makes a great gift. Only the Amish know how to make a starter, so if you give all the bags away, you will have to wait for someone to give you a starter back.

Should this recipe not be passed onto a friend on the first day, make sure to tell them which day it is when you present it to them.

The Recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

2. To the remaining batter in a bowl add the following:

a. 3 eggs
b. 1 cup oil
c. 1/2 cup milk
d. 1 cup sugar
e. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
f. 2 teaspoons cinnamon
g. 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
h. 1/2 teaspoon salt
i. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
j. 2 cups flour
k. 1-2 boxes instant pudding (any flavor)

i. Optional: 1 cup nuts and 1 cup raisins

3. Grease 2 large loaf pans

a. In a bowl mix an additional 1/2 cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
b. Dust the greased pans with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

4. Pour the batter evenly into the pans and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture on the top.
5. Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
6. ENJOY!

For variations on Amish Friendship Bread Recipes be sure to check out https://www.facebook.com/fbkitchen?fref=ts and also http://www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com/

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Need a Starter?

If you ask around, chances are you’ll find somebody you know with an Amish Friendship Bread starter to share (exercise good judgment if accepting a starter from someone you do not know). If not, here is the recipe for making your own (you can also go to our Recipe Box for a printable version of the recipe by clicking here):

Ingredients

1 (0.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 cup milk

Directions

1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes.
2. In a 2 quart glass, plastic or ceramic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or flour will lump when milk is added.
3. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture.
4. Cover loosely and let stand at room temperature until bubbly. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle. For the next 10 days handle starter according to the instructions for Amish Friendship Bread.

Note: When you make a starter from scratch, you can sometimes end up with a much greater yield than 4 cups depending on the temperature of your kitchen and eagerness of your starter, sometimes up to 7 or 8 cups! If this happens, reserve one cup for baking and divide the remaining batter into Ziploc baggies of 1 cup each to freeze or share with friends.

Pink Saturday

HAPPY PINK SATURDAY EVERYONE! DON'T FORGET TO VISIT BEVERLY AT HOW SWEET THE SOUND  TO VISIT HER PINK SATURDAY POST AND ALSO POSTS FROM OTHER PINK SATURDAY PARTICIPANTS. FOR MY POST I AM POSTING SOME BEAUTIFUL PINK FLOWERS. ENJOY!

LARA

Angel Food Cake W/ Coconut, Pineapple & Ginger

Angel Food Cake W/ Coconut, Pineapple & Ginger

1 box of Angel Food Cake Mix

1- 20oz. can Crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice

1/2 cup Shredded Sweetened Coconut

1/2 tsp.  Ground Ginger

1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

Bake @ 350 degree's F. for 45 minutes, until pick comes out clean.

Use 9 by 13 Lasagna Pan

Cool and cut into pieces

80 calories or so per piece

Pies

Here's some more pictures of some of the many pies I have baked. Just thought I would share them with you all.

Lara 

Capriland's Herb Farm in Coventry,CT

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Lara 

Snow Fence Road by: Phyllis Edgerly Ring

Description:

A village on the coast of Maine holds painful secrets—
the kind only the miracle of new love can heal.

Tormented by her fiancé’s death, Tess Johansen escapes to the only place that can still comfort her—the Spinnaker Inn in coastal Maine. Here in this place by the sea she feels close enough to the man she lost to numb the pain, if not the guilt.

For local craftsman, Evan Marston, the ramshackle inn serves only as a grim reminder of the accident that shattered his life and killed the woman he once loved. But while the Spinnaker’s walls may hold guilt and grief and suspicion, they might also house a bright new spark.

Drawn together by a love they never expected, Tess and Evan begin tounravel the mysteries of their pasts and question the miracle at work in their wounded hearts—until one fateful evening along a snow fenceroad …

Phyllis Edgerly Ring's book Snow Fence Road offically comes out on later this week on Sat. June 15th, though you may pre-order as of today.  If you are interested you may order at http://www.blacklyonpublishing.com/Snow%20Fence%20Road.html

Phyllis is a very dear friend of mine. I am currently in the middle of reading a review of this book Snow Fence Road, she has me hooked almost since the very beginning of the book. I'm sure everyone else will be hooked as well. I love it !! Also please be sure to check out Phyllis's blog http://phyllisedgerlyring.wordpress.com/