How Do You Make Amish Friendship Starter For Bread?
Several years ago I was privileged enough to make the acquaintance of a wonderful Amish lady that lived in our area. She and her daughters ran a small bakery out of their front room and the breads and cookies were always wonderful. As I was able to get to know them more and more over the course of our visits to their bakery she gave me some Friendship bread starter. She included the recipe with her starter and it has fast become a favorite of our family. Here is the recipe: Using a covered glass or plastic container (a crock works well too) Mix 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Do not put in a refrigerator (remember, Amish do not generally use electricity so this wouldn’t be how they made it). Keep your starter covered and at room temperature. Day 1: receive or make starter Day 2: Stir and cover. Do not use a metal spoon to stir your starter. Day 3: Stir Day 4: Stir Day 5: Add 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of milk to your starter Day 6: Stir Day 7: Stir Day 8: Do not
