Amish Bread
To Make The Starter:
- 2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 2 cups warm water
- 1 Pkg. active dry yeast
DAY 1:
In a glass bowl mix starter ingredients. Leave on the counter uncovered. Do not refrigerate.
DAYS 2 & 3 & 4:
Stir Well with wooden spoon
DAY 5: Stir and add
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 cup of sugar
Now you have the feeding starter
THE Amish Bread!! Makes two loaves
- 1 cup of the starter at room temp.
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup of vegetable. oil
- 3 t vanilla
Beat all this together first.
Then put the following dry ingredients in a separate bowl and mix together and then add it to the wet ingredients above.
- 2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 t baking powder
- 1 1/2 t of ground cinnamon (I like to add a little nutmeg too)
- 1 t salt
Now fold in the nuts and apples with a wooden spoon.
- 1 cup of chopped nuts of your choice
- 2 medium apples peeled and chopped
Grease 2 9 X 5 loaf pans well.
BAKE in over at 350 for 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 additional minutes. Remove from pan.
EAT!!!!!!