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Does anyone the recipe for the "starter dough" that you use to make homemade bread with?
It makes the best bread!
You usually have to share the starter dough with someone. WELL it had to start from somewhere.
Does anyone know the recipe for the starter???
Thank you in advance.
I think you are referring to friendship bread and I have a couple of good recipes. This one is from the Lancaster County Cookbook.
Amish Friendship Bread
Starter & Streusel included in recipe.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
1/2 cup sugar
1 package yeast
Add on 5th day:
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
Add on 10th day:
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
Directions:
Mix all the starter ingredients well and place in medium-sized glass bowl. Cover with dinner plate so as not to cover tightly. Let stand overnight in warm place. Stir down each day for 4 days (Important - do not refrigerate batter at any time)
On the fifth day add flour, milk and sugar and stir. Stir down each day until 10th day.
On the 10th day add flour, milk and sugar and measure out 3 separate cups of starter. Give one cup starter and a copy of the instructions to each of three friends.
Use remaining dough to bake choice of bread or use in streusel recipe as follows:
Batter:
2/3 cup cooking oil
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
Streusel:
1/3 cup margarine, melted
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup quick oats
1 cup nuts (optional)
After sharing three cups of starter with friends, mix oil, sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and eggs with remaining starter. Mix well and spoon 1/2 of batter into greased and floured 9 x 13 baking pan.
To prepare streusel combine all ingredients and mix well. Sprinkle 1/2 of streusel over batter. Cover with remaining batter and remaining streusel.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.