DEAR SOS: About six years ago, I received from a friend an Amish Friendship Bread starter, one of those batters in a sealed bag that you feed and knead for 10 days before splitting, baking and passing ...

There may not be a lot of Amish folks in Southern California, but plenty of people have recipes for Amish friendship bread starter. We are printing the one from Sue in Long Beach. Thanks, Sue, and ...

If I am known for any kind of baking in my family, it might just be the quick breads I seem to churn out all of the time. Whenever we have guests for breakfast, I make a loaf. When we welcome new ...

This is the first in a monthly series on popular retro recipes, restaurants and uniquely Hoosier foods. For several years, pre-Google, The Star and The News had a public service librarian named Nadine ...

This starter has a buttermilk base, and it takes about a week to make. Then the starter is used to make a sponge, which takes one to two days and gives the bread even more flavor. The sponge is then ...

1 teaspoon vanilla extractWhat To Do: 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat two 9- x 5-inch loaf pans with cooking spray. 2. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, ...

Doris Bell of Baltimore was looking for a recipe for an Amish Friendship Bread. Typically, one would be given a “starter” for the bread and then it would take 10 days to complete. Based upon the ...

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a 2-quart nonreactive container (made of glass, ceramic or plastic), combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or the flour ...