That has been on your counter top for how long? It's edible? These are the first two questions that popped into my head when I was handed a bag of white glop and a photo copied letter with instructions. Oh man! Don't smell it! That is going to scare you more! What kept going through my mind was, "At, 325 degrees, that should kill anything bad, I'm sure of it!" I baked mine up yesterday, and I am alive and feeling great! That bread is soooooo gooooood! The recipe called for 2 small boxes, or 1 large box of vanilla pudding. I didn't have ...
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I didn't think I could be one of those bloggers who have peculiar searches leading to their blogs. And maybe I'm not, but when I finally decided to check out the search terms leading to my blog in a moment of boredom, my yawns changed into "Huh?" and then laughter and then "Ewwww". So I decided to share with you a selection of searches performed (that somehow led to this blog) in the past 10 months: - " amish friendship bread, food poisoning" ( I'm not surprised ) - "disneyed" ( I knew that must be a real word!) - "organizing freak" (ah! a ...
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I realize that this headline might have caught you off guard. Have I caught you wondering “is Karen a baker?” Well, the answer is no, I am not, although I am planning on knocking out about 10 dozen various types of cookies when I get home, but that is just a once a year thing. Obviously at Open Houses, everyone will have Christmas cookies and you can too—but if they take the cookie with them, they eat it and you are soon forgotten, right? Well, what if you made everyone the starter batch of Amish Friendship Bread? They have to leave that on their ...
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I received an Amish friendship bread starter from a friend. This is the second time I received one. The first time I forgot all about it and never made the bread. This time I took care of the starter and actually made the bread. The bread is very good, sweet but not too sweet. I would not use it for sandwiches but it is great for breakfast or a snack. Miss loves this bread, so I kept a starter to make this bread every ten days. I like this recipe because it is all about giving. You give the starter to your friends and ...
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Okay, after much deliberation and let's face it - procrastination - I'm finally posting the recipe. Will post recipes for starters as soon as I find some! Important!!! - do NOT use metal utensils or containers! INGREDIENTS 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided 3 cups white sugar, divided 3 cups milk DIRECTIONS In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a 2 quart container glass, plastic or ceramic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or flour will lump when ...
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