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Last week, my neighbor gave me a starter of Amish Friendship Bread. I had to nurture and "feed" it for 10 days (this means add flour, sugar and milk on days 6 & 10 and mush it around in it's Ziploc bag every day). On the 10th day you make the bread. But first, you are to divide up the batter, creating 4 starters to share with friends, who are to repeat this process. It's like a baking chain letter! While I really dislike chain letters, I thought this was a neat idea.
Yesterday was day 10, falling ideally on our first real day of Spring Break. My nephew Ethan was with us for the day, and helped Selby & I make the bread. This was a fun (and educational) project for them. Ethan, who is now in the first grade, read all the directions out loud and wrote the date on each of the starter bags.
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Selby helped measure and mix the ingredients, then divide the batter equally into two loaf pans.
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Selby helped measure and mix the ingredients, then divide the batter equally into two loaf pans.
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Both helped sprinkle the tops with cinnamon-sugar and, of course, both were there to sample the final product. Which is, by the way, quite delicious. I'm holding on to one of the starters to bake a different variation (there are many on the web) again in 10 days. I'm thinking chocolate...
What a sweet way to reaffirm friendships!
1 comment:
thank you for my starter!! i read the instructions and they fit right in with our travel plans. we look forward to baking this sweet bread with thoughts of you!
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