Friendship Zucchini Bread Recipes

AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD

Steps:

• To prepare starter: Place 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk in a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag. Seal bag and knead mixture until well combined. Let stand at room temperature overnight.
• For the next 4 days, continue kneading mixture once a day; keep at room temperature. On the sixth day add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk to bag. Seal and knead to combine; let stand at room temperature overnight.
• For the next 3 days, knead mixture twice a day. On the 10th day, transfer mixture to a large bowl. Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk; mix until well combined. Measure 1 cup of the mixture into each of 3 resealable plastic bags. Seal plastic bags and give each bag of starter mixture to a friend to make their own friendship bread.
• To make bread: Preheat oven to 330 degrees. Add oil to bowl with remaining starter mixture along with eggs, remaining 1/2 cup milk, and vanilla extract. Stir until well combined; set aside.
• In another large bowl, mix together remaining 2 cups flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, salt, baking soda, pudding, and nuts, if desired. Add dry ingredients to starter mixture and stir until well combined. Divide batter evenly between two 8-by-4-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pans.
• In a small bowl, mix together remaining 3/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over batter. Transfer to oven and bake for 1 hour. Let cool 15 minutes before removing from the pan.

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.

ZUCCHINI FRIENDSHIP BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325'.
• To the remaining batter add eggs, baking powder, oil, baking soda, milk, vanilla, 1 cup sugar, flour, salt, pudding, 2 tsp cinnamon, zucchini (make sure the excess liquid is squeezed out), and nuts.
• Note: It is easier to mix if you combine the dry ingredients (except for sugar and pudding) in another bowl then add it slowly to the batter.
• Grease bottom and sides of 2 large loaf pans or spray with Pam. Mix ½ cup sugar and 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust the insides of each of the pans with half of the mixture, making sure to cover the bottom and sides well.
• Pour batter evenly into the 2 pans and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture over top of the batter.
• Bake for about 75 minutes but start checking after 50 minutes. Remove when toothpick comes out clean. Cool until the bread loosens from the pan easily. Turn onto serving dish. May be served warm or cold. Enjoy.

AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD + 6 VARIATIONS RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325F 2. Grease two large loaf pans 3. In a bowl, mix an additional ½ cup sugar and 1 ½ tsp cinnamon 4. Dust the greased pans with sugar/cinnamon mixture 5. Pour the batter evenly into the pans and sprinkle the remaining mixture on the top 6. Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. To make muffins instead of loaves, reduce baking time to 20-25 min. Fill loaf pans or muffin tins one-half to two-thirds full (if you have an eager new starter, I'd recommend only filling to one-half). Banana Nut Friendship Bread 2 medium-size ripe bananas, mashed 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant banana-cream pudding 1 cup walnuts, chopped Butterscotch Friendship Bread 1-2 boxes Jell-o instant butterscotch pudding 1 cup butterscotch baking chips Double Chocolate Friendship Bread 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant chocolate fudge pudding 1/4 cup cocoa 1 cup chocolate chips Omit cinnamon Lemon Poppy-Seed Friendship Bread Replace vanilla extract with lemon extract 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant lemon pudding 1/4 cup poppy seeds 1 tsp lemon zest Pineapple Macadamia Nut Friendship Bread Reduce oil to 1/2 cup 8oz can of crushed pineapple, drained 1/2 cup applesauce 1 tsp lemon zest 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped 2 tbsp shredded coconut - topping Pistachio Cherry Friendship Bread 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant pistachio pudding 1/2 cup Maraschino cherries, drained and chopped (do not mix in batter but line bottom of prepared pan with cherries before pouring batter) Omit cinnamon Pumpkin Cranberry Friendship Bread 1/2 cup pumpkin puree 1 tsp ginger powder 1 cup dried cranberries, loosely chopped 1 cup walnuts, chopped Zucchini Amish Friendship Bread Reduce oil to 1/2 cup 2 cups unpeeled zucchini, shredded squeeze to remove excess liquid 1 tsp nutmeg 1 cup pecans, chopped

AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD BANANA AND ZUCCHINI BREAD VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Use banana cream pie pudding and two mashed bananas. I have also added 1/4 cup of chocolate chip to this on occasion. I use the small bundt pans and bake for about 40 - 50 minutes. ~~~or~~~ For banana walnut bread, I substitute banana cream pudding mix, 1/3 cup chopped walnuts and a mashed banana, and omit the cinnamon. ~~~or~~~ Add 1 cup of grated zucchini. Make sure you squeeze out the excess liquid. bake for about 75 minutes but start checking after 50 minutes.

FRIENDSHIP ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F; grease a 9x4 loaf pan& set aside.
• In a bowl, combine starter, sugar, oil (or applesauce), eggs, vanilla& zucchini.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg& cinnamon.
• Add wet ingredients to dry& mix well.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake 50-60 minutes.
• If you do not have starter from a friend, you can make your own by using recipe #64793 by Kim D. Be sure to make your starter about a week to 10-days in advance of when you want to bake.