Amish Friendship Bread: Chocolate Version
(from home4edu’s recipe box)
There are MANY variations you can try! https://armchair.com/recipe/amish/amshvar2.html
Source: Myself and interwebs
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Serves 12 people
Categories: Quick Bread
Ingredients
- For Starter:
- 1C flour
- 1C sugar
- 1C milk
- See directions for making the starter
- For Bread:
- 1/2 C oil
- 1/2 C applesauce
- 1/2 C whole milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1C flour
- 1C White Whole Wheat (whole wheat pastry flour)
- 2/3 C sugar OR 1/3 C honey (or - 1/4 C sugar+1/4 C dairy whey+1/4 C sucanat)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 T cocoa
- 1 large box instant Chocolate pudding -that uses real sugar, not corn syrup
- 2/3 C hulled, raw pumpkin seeds
- cocoa/sugar/cinnamon for coating pans
Directions
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With Starter: -label gallon zip top bag with dates and -
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Day 1 Do Nothing
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Day 2 Mush bag twice a day
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Day 3 " " "
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Day 4 " " "
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Day 5 " " "
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Day 6 Add to bag: 1 C flour, 1 C milk, 1 C sugar. Mush bag
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Day 7 Mush bag and let out air twice a day.
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Day 8 " " " " "
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Day 9 " " " " "
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Day 10 Pour and squeeze contents into a big plastic or glass bowl. Then add: 1 C flour, 1 C milk, 1 C sugar.
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Stir well.
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Pour 4 C (1 C each) into 4 one gallon zip top bags.
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Give 3 bags away with a copy of the recipe to friends and keep 1 starter for yourself. OR freeze the 3 bags to use later, or make a large batch of the bread, keeping 1C of started for yourself to continue.
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When time to bake, add the wet ingredients to the starter left in bowl.
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Mix well. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
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Add the dry mix to the wet ingredients.
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ease 2 loaf pans. (this will also make 1 bundt pan or one 9×13. You will need to adjust baking times accordingly)
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Mix up enough cocoa, cinnamon & sugar to coat the bottom of the loaf pans and also the top of the bread before baking.
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Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees or until toothpick comes our clean.