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amish friendship cinnamon bread

Amish Friendship Cinnamon Bread

A cinnamon sugar sweet bread that you can share with your friends and family.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Starter Build Time 10 days
Total Time 10 days 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Bread, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 20
Calories 275 kcal

Ingredients
  

Starter

  • 60 Grams Warm Water (1/4 Cup)
  • 7 Grams Dry Active Yeast (2 Teaspoons)
  • 150 Grams All-Purpose Flour (1 Cup)
  • 200 Grams White Granulated Sugar (1 Cup)
  • 240 Grams Milk (1 Cup)

Bread

  • 300 Grams All-Purpose Flour (2 Cup)
  • 200 Grams White Granulated Sugar (1 Cup)
  • 5 Grams Ground Cinnamon (2 Teaspoons)
  • 9 Grams Baking Powder (1 1/2 Teaspoons)
  • 2 Grams Baking Soda (1/2 Teaspoon)
  • 6 Grams Salt (1 Teaspoon)
  • 240 Grams Vegetable Oil (1 Cup)
  • 120 Grams Milk (1/2 Cup)
  • 4 Grams Vanilla Extract (1 Teaspoon)
  • 530 Grams Amish Friendship Starter (2 Cups)
  • 2 Large Eggs

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

  • 50 Grams White Granulated Sugar (1/4 Cup)
  • 2 Grams Ground Cinnamon (1 Teaspoons)

Instructions
 

To Make the Starter

  • On a Ziploc Bag write the following instructions:
    Day 1: Do Nothing
    Day 2: Mash the Bag
    Day 3: Mash the Bag
    Day 4: Mash the Bag
    Day 5: Mash the Bag
    Day 6: Add 150 Grams Flour (1 Cup), 200 Grams Sugar (1 Cup), 240 Grams Milk (1 Cup)
    Day 7: Mash the Bag
    Day 8: Mash the Bag
    Day 9: Mash the Bag
    Day 10: Pour entire bag into nonmetal bowl. Add 150 Grams Flour (1 Cup), 200 Grams Sugar (1 Cup), and 240 Grams Milk (1 Cup). Measure 260 Grams Starter (1 Cup) into 4 Ziploc bags. Give 3 bags away and keep 1 starter for yourself. With the remaining starter in the bowl, use it to make bread.
  • In the Ziploc bag, combine the ingredients for the starter: water, yeast, flour, sugar, and milk. Mash the ingredients together until well incorporated.
  • Follow the rest of the instructions as written on the bag.

To Make the Bread

  • Preheat oven to 325° Fahrenheit (162° Celsius).
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients: flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • In a small mixing bowl, whisk your wet ingredients: vegetable oil, milk, vanilla extract, eggs, and starter.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just moistened.
  • Pour batter into two lightly greased 9-inch by 5-inch bread pans.
  • In a smaller bowl, whisk together the cinnamon and sugar. Dust over the top of the batter in the pans.
  • Bake bread for 1 hour. Insert a toothpick into the center, and if it comes out clean, you’re done!
  • Use a butter knife to loosen the loaves from the sides of the pans, but don’t turn them out just yet! Let them cool for an hour in the pan before you turn them out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

This recipe also makes for great muffins! Follow the instructions for making bread, but bake them at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176 degrees Celsius) for 25 to 30 minutes in a muffin tin instead. 
Keyword Amish Bread, Amish Friendship Bread, Cinnamon Quick Bread, Quick Bread