Amish Sourdough Cinnamon Bread Starter And Bread Instructions Recipes

AMISH CINNAMON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and grease two loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter, eggs, and 2 cups of sugar until creamy.
• Add the buttermilk and dry ingredient mixture. Fold in until combined.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining ⅔ cup sugar with the cinnamon. Stir to mix.
• Spread ¼ of the batter in the bottom of each loaf pan. Sprinkle ¼ of the sugar mixture over the top of the batter in each pan. Spread the remaining batter over the top of the sugar mixture in each pan and top with remaining sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow the bread to cool in the pan until cool enough to touch, then transfer the loaf to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.

AMISH SOURDOUGH BREAD/STARTER

Steps:

• For starter, dissolve yeast in warm water. Mix with 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar or honey and 1 cup milk (lowfat or 2% milk is OK). This is day 1 of 10 day prep. Use a plastic or glass container.
• Leave starter on the counter covered, and stir daily.
• On the 5th day, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar or honey (or combination) and 1 cup milk. This is called 'feeding' the starter.
• Continue to stir daily. On the 10th day, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar or honey and 1 cup milk. Starter can now be divided and given away or frozen. I usually wait a day to bake after feeding starter.
• If you are not baking the next day, you can refrigerate starter, but bring to room temperature on baking day, or the night before, if frozen.
• If you receive a cup of starter as a gift, feed immediately and wait a day before baking, to give starter a chance to ferment, at room temperature.
• To bake: Place 1 cup of starter in bowl of mixer. Put mixer on slow speed using a dough hook, and add all ingredients. All ingredients should be room temperature.
• Add 2-1/4 tsps. yeast, 1 cup water, 1 cup milk, 2 tbls honey, 1/4 cup oil, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 2 eggs, 2 tsps. salt, approximately 6-7 cups white flour. You can add more whole wheat and less white, as preferred.
• Knead dough for 10 minute in mixer. Dough should be slightly sticky, but smooth and shiny and should mostly all be on the dough hook when done.
• Remove dough from mixer bowl to a floured board and knead by hand two minutes, shaping into a large ball. Oil inside of mixer bowl.
• Place dough back into bowl, swirl around in oil, and turn over so all sides are oiled. Press down, cover with a clean towel and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled.
• Punch down and divide into two loaves. At this point, 1 ball can be made into 12-14 rolls. Divide into even balls, (if you have a scale, about 2-1/2 oz. each) place on greased cookie sheet, pressing down to a flat disc. Brush tops with beaten egg white mixed with 1 tbl water and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds, if desired.
• Cover and allow to rise for 1 hour, or until double in size.
• Preheat oven to 375° and bake rolls for 15-20 minutes, until browned.
• For loaf of bread flatten 1/2 of dough into a rectangle, to remove bubbles and roll up to a log. Roll two sides under and place log seam side down in greased loaf pan. Brush top with egg white and sprinkle with seeds. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes. Remove from pan and thump bottom of loaf. It should sound hollow when done.
• You can bake 1/2 of dough and shape other half into a loaf, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and freeze. When you are ready to bake, remove from wrap and place in greased loaf pan. Cover and allow to defrost and rise in a warm spot. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with seeds. Bake as usual.

AMISH SOURDOUGH CINNAMON BREAD STARTER AND BREAD INSTRUCTIONS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water for about 10 minutes. Stir well.
• 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.
• 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 below for Amish Friendship Bread.
• Day 1: Do nothing: refer to date on bag should be day 10 of mix.
• Day 2: Mush the bag.
• Day 3: Mush the bag.
• Day 4: Mush the bag.
• Day 5: Mush the bag.
• Day 6: Add to the bag- 1 c plain flour, 1 c sugar, 1 c milk, and mush well.
• Day 7: mush the bag.
• Day 8: mush the bag.
• Day 9: Mush the bag.
• Day 10: follow instructions below--.
• Pour the entire contents of the bag into a large metal bowl.
• add 1 1/2 cups plain flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 c milk. mix well.
• lable four ziploc bags with date and Day 1.
• fill each of the four bags with 1 cup of batter. (these are the starter bags to give out to friends). If you don't keep one for yourself you will have to wait until someone gives you a starter batter.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• to your remaining batter you need to add the bread making ingredients.
• grease bottom and sides sides of 2 large loaf pans or spray with pam butter flavor or bakers joy.
• mix pan coating mix and dust the insides of each pan with it coating sides and bottom of each pan well.
• pour batter evenly into the 2 loaf pans and sprinkle any remaining dusting mix on the top of the batter.
• bake approximately 1 hour until toothpick comes out clean. cool until bread loosens from the pan easily. turn onto serving dish or wire rack.

AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 (9x5 inch) loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, combine the Amish bread starter with oil, eggs, 2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well. Pour into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes.

AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD STARTER

Steps:

• 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 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.
• On days 2 through 4; stir starter with a spoon. Day 5; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Days 6 through 9; stir only.
• Day 10; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup 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).