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Amish Friendhsip Cake - Get your Starter ready - Day 1

The Starter

Ingredients:

1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 cup warm milk

Directions:

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. Mix thoroughly or the flour will get lumpy when you add the milk.
 

 

 

 

3. Slowly stir in warm milk and dissolved yeast mixture. Loosely cover the mixture with a lid or plastic wrap. The mixture will get bubbly. Consider this Day 1 of the cycle, or the day you receive the starter.
For the next 10 days handle starter according to the instructions for Amish Friendship Bread.


 Day 1 - Do Nothing
Day 2 - Do Nothing
Day 3 - STIR with a wooden spoon
Day 4 - Do Nothing
Day 5 - Do Nothing
Day 6 - Add 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup floor - STIR with a wooden spoon
Day 7 - Do Nothing
Day 8 - STIR with a wooden spoon
Day 9 - Do Nothing
Day 10 - Add 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup floor - STIR with a wooden spoon

Put 1 cup of the mixture into 3 containers. Give 2 to friends along with the recipe and instructions. 
Don't give them the starter recipe
Keep 1 starter mixture for yourself, for your next batch. (Freezes well)
Make sure the containers are big enough to allow the starter to expand and grow
or it will be all over your counters by morning.
KEEP AT ROOM TEMPERATURE


Enjoy

 

 

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