Healthier Amish Friendship Bread Starter

Name: Healthier Amish Friendship Bread Starter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 7 grams package active dry yeast; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters low-fat milk; 59 milliliters warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C); 237 milliliters white sugar; 237 milliliters white whole wheat flour; 118 milliliters whole wheat flour

Healthier Amish Friendship Bread Starter might be a good recipe to expand your bread recipe box. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 437 calories, 10g of protein, and 2g of fat. If you have flour, flour, warm water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Dissolve yeast in water in a small bowl.

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Water

Yeast

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Bowl

Let stand 10 minutes.

Combine 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1 cup sugar in a 2-quart container.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Mix thoroughly or flour will lump when milk is added. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture. Cover loosely and let stand until bubbly. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle. Leave loosely covered at room temperature.

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All Purpose Flour

Yeast

Milk

On days 2 through 4: Stir starter with a spoon. Day 5: Stir in 1 cup white whole wheat flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Days 6 through 9: Stir only.

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White Whole Wheat Flour

Sugar

Milk

Day 10: Stir in 1/2 cup each all-purpose and white whole wheat flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk.

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White Whole Wheat Flour

Sugar

Milk

Remove 1 cup to make your first bread, give 2 cups to friends along with this recipe, and your favorite Amish Bread recipe. Store the remaining 1 cup starter in a container in the refrigerator, or begin the 10 day process over again (beginning with step 2).

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Bread