Amish Sourdough Cinnamon Bread Starter And Bread Instructions

Total Time: 241 hrs Preparation Time: 240 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees f/45 degrees c)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup warm milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 (5 1/8 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 1 cup raisins (optional)
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water for about 10 minutes. stir well.
• 2 in a 2 quart glass or plastic container, combine 1 cup sifted flour and 1 cup sugar.
• 3 mix thoroughly or the flour will get lumpy when you add the milk.
• 4 slowly stir in warm milk and dissolved yeast mixture.
• 5 loosely cover the mixture with a lid or plastic wrap.
• 6 the mixture will get bubbly. consider this day 1 of the cycle, or the day you receive the starter.
• 7 for the next 10 days handle starter according to the instructions below for amish friendship bread.
• 8 day 1: do nothing: refer to date on bag should be day 10 of mix.
• 9 day 2: mush the bag.
• 10 day 3: mush the bag.
• 11 day 4: mush the bag.
• 12 day 5: mush the bag.
• 13 day 6: add to the bag- 1 c plain flour, 1 c sugar, 1 c milk, and mush well.
• 14 day 7: mush the bag.
• 15 day 8: mush the bag.
• 16 day 9: mush the bag.
• 17 day 10: follow instructions below--.
• 18 pour the entire contents of the bag into a large metal bowl.
• 19 add 1 1/2 cups plain flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 c milk. mix well.
• 20 lable four ziploc bags with date and day 1.
• 21 fill each of the four bags with 1 cup of batter. (these are the starter bags to give out to friends). if you don't keep one for yourself you will have to wait until someone gives you a starter batter.
• 22 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 23 to your remaining batter you need to add the bread making ingredients.
• 24 grease bottom and sides sides of 2 large loaf pans or spray with pam butter flavor or bakers joy.
• 25 mix pan coating mix and dust the insides of each pan with it coating sides and bottom of each pan well.
• 26 pour batter evenly into the 2 loaf pans and sprinkle any remaining dusting mix on the top of the batter.
• 27 bake approximately 1 hour until toothpick comes out clean. cool until bread loosens from the pan easily. turn onto serving dish or wire rack.