Amish Friendship Bread

When it comes to chain letters, this is the kind I like. Anything to do with food is fine by me. I received an Amish Friendship bread, batter and recipe from my sister and I will share it with you. By the way, it's delicious!

Amish Friendship Bread
Do not use a metal spoon or bowl for mixing
Do not refrigerate

If air gets in the bag, let it out. It's normal for batter to rise, bubble and ferment.

Day 1: Do nothing - this is the day you received the batter
Day 2: Mush the bag
Day 3: Mush the bag
Day 4: Mush the bag
Day 5: Mush the bag
Day 6: Add to the bag - 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk then mush the bag
Day 7: Mush the bag
Day 8: Mush the bag
Day 9: Mush the bag
Day 10: Follow the instructions below:

1. Pour the entire contents of the bag into a non metal bowl
2. Add 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cups milk. Mix well
3. Measure out 4 separate batters of 1 cup each into 4 large Ziploc bags. Keep a starter for yourself and give the other 3 to friends along with a copy of this recipe. (Should this not be presented to them on the first day, be certain to tell them which day the bag is at when presented to them. It is helpful to mark the bag. When you pass this onto a friend, the "new" day will be the day you baked.
4. Preheat oven to 325 F
5. Add these ingredients to the remaining batter in the bowl. Mix well.

3 eggs
1 cup oil (or 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup applesauce)
1 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 large box of vanilla instant pudding
1/2 tsp vanilla or almond extract
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour (can add nuts, dates, blueberries, raisins, anything really)

6. Grease 2 large loaf pans and mix additional 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon
7. Pour batter evenly into the 2 pans and sprinkle the sugar cinnamon mix on top
8. Bake 1 hour. Cool until bread loosens from the pan evenly. Turn into serving dish. Serve warm or cold.

If you keep the starter for yourself, you will be baking every 10 days. The bread is very good and makes a great gift. *Only the Amish know how to create the starter so if you give them all away you will have to wait until someone gives you one back.

Makes 2 loaves.

*AllReicpes.com has a recipe for the Amish Friendship bread starter

Enjoy and I'll be making it in 9 days!