FREE 50 Amish Friendship Recipe Cookbook

Way back in the day I baked A LOT of Amish Friendship Bread, created friendship bread recipes for my own blog and helped create friendship bread recipes for the blog, Friendship Bread Kitchen​ amongst other things.

Today I noticed author Darien Gee​'s Quick & Easy 50 Amish Friendship Recipe Cookbook FREE on Kindle. Go check it out. I was excited to look through it as see my contributions and my name in the back of the book. 

This was one of those fun things I did when I wasn't eating so healthy :) LOL I can't remember when I last baked a loaf but this time of the year makes me want to create a starter and make a few! I might even have a starter somewhere in my freezer! 

Here are some of the recipes on my blog, too! Feel free to pin them and make & share this fall!

Friendship Bread by Darien Gee in Australia

 Australia now has author Darien Gee's novel:Click Here!
How exciting! I love this cover, too! Anyone in Australia? Let me know if you've seen this book on the shelves!

#Library Love #Giveaway #win with @DarienGee and @fbkitchen

Do you have a favorite Library? I'm talking about one that you go to now or even one from your childhood.  The author of Friendship Bread, Darien Gee is giving a way a hardback book of her new book and an Audio CD to THREE libraries.  How is she doing this? By those who leave comments on her website,Click Here

This is NOT your typical giveaway.  You DO NOT get anything if you enter. Instead you get to GIVE back to your library. I think that is an awesome thing for you to do and for Darien to do.  This will help people get books to read and listen to who can't afford to buy them for themselves.

Go enter and do a good thing for a local or favorite library! This ends 5/31!

Few hours left to win Friendship Bread by Darien Gee

 
TODAY ONLY! Win a galley of the the novel FRIENDSHIP BREAD by Darien Gee and a dry packet of non-dairy Amish Friendship Bread Starter from Armchair.com!

You don't want to miss out on this!  CLICK HERE to enter!  There are other giveaways going on the site, too! Check them out while you are there!

#Win Friendship Bread: A Novel by Darien Gee and a dry starter

Hey friends! Here is your chance to win a copy of Darien Gee's new novel: Friendship Bread.  You know that I have posted some tasty recipes for Amish Friendship Bread (see top of the right side bar to find the recipes by clicking the bread photo) over the past few months.  I got the Amish Friendship baking bug many months back because I got to read her novel before it went in for publication.  Once I read it, I knew that I wanted to bake and share this bread! 

So to enter (4 will win in March) to win a copy of her book and a packet of the dry starter mix, you'll need to head on over to the beautiful website, Friendship Bread Kitchen.(This link will take you directly to the contest)  You will also find a recipe box there full of over 50 recipes, a new forum for you to post and get your friendship bread questions answered, tips, frequently asked questions and more information about the novel that will be released April 5th! 

You can connect with the Friendship Bread Kitchen on the website, Facebook and Twitter! 

Check my link up for recipes that I have created, as well as my many new friends that I have made on other blogs, just because of Friendship Bread! There are some book reviews posted, too!

Have a great day!

Coconut Amish Friendship Bread Recipe

This is a super easy bread to make using the "Amish" Friendship bread starter recipe!  This is a very easy variation on the basic sweet bread recipe.  I love coconut milk and that is what is used in this recipe. I also used just 1/2 cup of coconut flour with 1 1/2 c. all purpose flour.  I couldn't tell much of a difference using just that small amount of coconut flour from previous coconut bread bakings.  Next time I make this batch I will move it up to 1 cup of coconut and 1 cup of all purpose.

 (Oh by the way, I think I love taking photos of what I cook about as much as I love cooking. My family is so patient with me needing to photograph the food before we eat it!)

Coconut Amish Friendship Bread (click for printable recipe)

1 c Amish friendship bread starter
3 eggs
3/4 c oil
3/4 c coconut milk
1 c sugar
2  tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/2 c. coconut flour (you can skip this and just use a total of 2 c. all purpose flour)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 large box (5.1 oz) instant coconut pudding mix
1 1/2 c unsweetened shredded coconut (you can use sweetened)

1. Preheat your oven to 325°.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the starter, eggs, oil, coconut milk, sugar, and vanilla extract until everything is well combined. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pudding mix.

4. Add the starter mixture to the flour mixture and gently stir until the batter just barely comes together. Gently stir in 1 cup of the shredded coconut.

5. Divide the batter evenly between two well greased loaf pans.  Sprinkle some coconut in the bottom of the pan and sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of coconut evenly over the top of the two loaves.

6. Place the pans in the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a bread comes out clean. Allow the breads to cool in their pans for 10 minutes before turning them out on a wire rack to cool.  After 10 minutes you can eat a piece.

*I did sprinkle some sugar on top of the coconut because I was using unsweetened coconut.

 

Butterscotch Friendship Bread ROCKS!

I have to say out of all the Friendship Bread that I have baked over the years, this one hands downs is my most favorite one.  Perfect crust, perfect insides, tasty and moist and is the perfect anytime snack. 

Here is the tasty recipe:

Butterscotch Friendship Bread (click to print recipe)

Ingredients: 

1 c Amish friendship bread starter
3 eggs
3/4 c oil
1/2 c milk
1 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 small boxes instant butterscotch pudding mix
1 c butterscotch chips

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 325°.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the starter, eggs, oil, milk, sugar, and vanilla extract until everything is well combined.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pudding mix. Add the starter mixture to the flour mixture and gently stir until the batter just barely comes together. Gently stir in the butterscotch chips.

3. Divide the batter evenly between two well greased loaf pans.  Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a bread comes out clean. Allow the breads to cool  at least 20 minutes in their pans before removing. IF not you will loose the bottom and I tell you this from experience! Set them on a wire rack to cool.  Out of all the breads that I bake, this one likes to sink down in the middle as it is cooling.  Don't worry it taste awesome.  I store my bread in ziplock bags. You can also freeze them!  (Thanks to Jennifer's Treasured Recipes for sharing this recipe with me.)

Do you want more recipes? Click here for the Starter? Click to find more tasty treats! Or link up some below and check out Made from Scratch Tuesday and Tasty Tuesday

Win FRIENDSHIP BREAD by Darien Gee advanced copy and Recipes

 
(FROM THE PUBLISHER) For fans of Kristin Hannah and Kate Jacobs, Darien Gee’s deeply felt and utterly charming novel follows two estranged sisters, three newfound friends, and—ultimately—a whole town brought together by a simple loaf of Amish Friendship Bread.

In Avalon, Illinois, a woman and her young daughter return home to find a plate of Amish Friendship Bread along with a bag of starter on their doorstep. There’s no note, just a yellow sticky with the words, “I hope you enjoy it.” The instructions tell them to feed the starter over a ten-day period, then bake two loaves and share the remaining starter with three other people.

At the insistence of her five-year old daughter, Julia Evarts reluctantly follows the instructions. Soon, the bread and its starter are making their way through the town of Avalon, touching the lives of its residents in ways both comical and unexpected. Julia befriends Madeline Davis, 74, owner and proprietor of Madeline’s Tea Salon and Antiques who harbors a secret of her own, and Hannah de Brisay, 28, a concert cellist who relocates to Avalon after the premature end of her career and marriage.

Julia’s sister, Livvy, is struggling with her own loneliness as she and her husband, Tom, try for a child of their own. Julia’s husband, Mark, is tired of the sadness that seems to have taken over their lives for the past five years. As the town of Avalon becomes overrun with the Amish Friendship Bread starter, a kernel of a story presents itself and activist and reporter Edie is quick to jump on it, even if it means pointing a finger at Julia as the instigator and dividing the small community that they live in.

When a neighboring town is devastated by high floods, Julia and her friends supply loaves of the bread to the residents and volunteers. As word spreads, so does help. Soon the entire town of Avalon is doing their part to aid their neighbors in need as they put their differences aside. Friendship Bread is a captivating, engaging novel about life and loss, friendship and community, and what endures even when the unthinkable happens.

CLICK TO ENTER TO WIN AN ADVANCED copy from Ballantine Books!!! (OVER)

Do you like Friendship bread?? Search the recipe box for the Amish Friendship Starter and other recipes. 

Amish Friendship Bread Starter and Day 6 with Recipes

Today is happy day in Amish Friendship Bread Starter Land Day 6!!!  My Starter was so happy, very bubbly and active! It smelled really great, too! I gave it a feed on Day 5 so today it got really active. You can feed it on Day 5 or Day 6. It doesn't matter.

What is your starter doing today? Share with me! Bake day is coming soon!

Day 1 Receive Starter or click to get the recipe to make your own! 
Day 2 - stir
Day 3 - stir
Day 4 - stir
Day 5 - stir Add 1 cup each of flour, sugar and milk (or do it on Day 6 either is fine)
Day 6 -stir
Day 7 - stir
Day 8 - stir
Day 9 - stir
Day 10 - Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Divide into 4 containers, with 1 cup each for three of your friends and 1 cup for your own loaves. Give friends the instructions for Day 1 through Day 10 and a recipe for baking the bread.

Click over to check out all the Amish Friendship Bread Recipe Variations in my Recipe Box. Happy Baking, friend!

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