Showing posts with label Amish Friendship Bread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amish Friendship Bread. Show all posts

Thursday

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.

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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!

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Wednesday

Amish Friendship Bread Monster Cookies

Amish Friendship Bread is one of those go to comfort foods that we all need to have in our recipe box. Over the years we have taken the basic Amish Friendship Bread Starter (click the link to get the starter recipe) and created a lot of fun bread, cookie and other recipe variations. One of our family favorites ways to use the starter is with cookies. It is amazing how yummy these cookies turn out. These are great to use with your leftover Halloween candy, too!

 Are you familiar with Amish Friendship Bread? What is your favorite recipe? 
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You can take the basic recipe below and switch out spices and adds in from the cinnamon and down to create your own favorite soft and chewy monster cookie. Don't be afraid to play around with the recipe and see what you can create. If you do try these, let me know how they turned out. If you made any changes to the recipe, I'd love to know what you did. This is a soft and chewy cookie

Amish Friendship Bread Monster Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
5 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Optional Ingredients - use whatever spices and adds in that you want in your cookies. Follow the amounts below but use your own favorites!

1/8 teaspoon (dash) of cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon (dash) chipotle chile pepper
1/4 cup M & M’s
1/4 cup butterscotch chips
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup nuts, any variety


Directions 

1-Preheat oven to 350° F (176° C).
2-Cream butter, shortening, eggs and sugars.
3-Stir in rest of ingredients.
4-Drop double tablespoon size dough onto ungreased baking sheet.
5-Bake 12-13 minutes.
Makes 50 large cookies or 75-100 small cookies.

Kitchen Notes

This recipe goes well with up to two cups of any variety of nuts and chips. The ingredients above does list a few of our family favorites. Substitute the spices for some of your favorites. Use a small cookie scoop for bite size cookies or two scoops for these larger, monster-sized cookie.

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Amish Friendship Bread Nutty Cookie Recipe

If you are a regular reader then you know that I have been making Amish Friendship Bread for years. Look around at all the Amish Friendship Bread Variation on my blog. If you need the Amish Friendship Bread Starter you can find the recipe here, too!

Playing around with the Starter a few years back I came up with several cookie recipes including this Nutty Cookie. If you are allergic to nuts then leave out the nuts for a basic yummy cookie recipe which you can add other ingredients to the recipe like chocolate chips, raisins, etc. I took my family favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, added starter and adjusted a few other ingredients to create this one. Have fun with it!
Amish Friendship Bread Nutty Cookies
Soft and crunchy with just the right amount of nuts. This cookie loves to be dunked!

Ingredients

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
1 cup butter
1 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
5 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon (dash) allspice
1/8 teaspoon (dash) chipotle chile pepper
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup walnuts

Directions

1-Preheat oven to 350° F (176° C).
2- Cream butter, shortening, eggs and sugars.
3-Stir in rest of ingredients.
4-Drop tablespoon size dough onto ungreased baking sheet.
5-Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

Kitchen Notes

Use up to two cups of any combination of nuts and spices of your choice. Allergic to nuts? Use other stir in. If you want perfect round cookies, use a small cookie scoop for bite size cookies or two small scoops for a larger cookie. This recipe, depending on the size you make your cookies can easily make 100 cookies. 

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Tuesday

Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread Brownies

We are huge brownie fans in this house. I have blogged and shared brownie recipes many times with all of you. I also have blogged about Amish Friendship Bread recipes! Today's recipe is a good combination of both and are super easy to make! If you do not have an Amish Friendship Bread Starter going or know where to get one click over to the Amish Friendship Bread Starter recipe and you can create your own in no time! 


Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread Brownies

Ingredients

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
3 eggs
3/4 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1/4 cup of cocoa
1 small box chocolate instant pudding mix, dry
1 cup chocolate chips, any variety

Directions 

1-Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2-In a large mixing bowl add all the ingredients and mix just until combined.
3- Light oil a 9 x 13 inch cake pan and lightly dust with sugar.
4-Pour the batter into cake pan and sprinkle top with 1 teaspoon sugar and a few handfuls of chocolate chips (optional).
5-Bake for 1 hour or check and see if brownies are coming off the side of the pan. Insert a toothpick to see if brownie mix is clean but know that you might get melted chocolate chips on the toothpick.

Kitchen Notes:
-For the sake of those asking I wanted to clarify this just incase you have the same question. When we have baked these, we remove after 1 hour no more or no less because that is what works for our oven. Your oven might bake them quicker. Make note this is a 325 recipe which does bake slower and is a common baking temp for amish friendship bread recipes.
-Amish Friendship Bread Starter is in this recipe so that is why they will bake longer than a typical brownie recipe in a 9X13 pan. For your own recipe, feel free to do the toothpick test for batter at 45 minutes. If the center has risen, the brownies are pulling away from the sides and the toothpick is free of batter (not chocolate chips) then they are done. We've never cooked them longer than 1 hour, either. BUT that doesn't mean your oven requires an even longer baking time.
-I hope this helps and really it is such an easy recipe! Someone also asked if the starter had to be added to this recipe. I can tell you that I have only used the amish friendship bread starter added into the recipe. If you cook it without the starter everything else will need to be adjusted and I haven't tried it without.

More Amish Friendship Bread Recipes

Mocha Chip Scones
Oreo and Cream Amish Friendship Bread/Muffins 
Peanut Butter Brownie Muffins
Pumpkin Spice Bread 
Zucchini Mini Chocolate Chip Bread
Raspberry Chocolate Macadamia Nut Amish Friendship Bread 
Kahula Amish Friendship Bread
Amish Friendship Bread Pancakes
Nutella Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread
Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe
Amish Friendship Bread Pancakes


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Friday

Chocolate Caramel Brownies {Amish Friendship Bread Recipe Variation}

When was the last time you created something with your Amish Friendship Bread Starter? If it has been awhile, get it out and make these delish chocolate caramel brownies. You won't regret it cooking this Amish Friendship Bread recipe! If you do not have a starter, click the above link to get one going. It is super easy! 

We are huge brownie fans in this house. This is one of those go to recipes that I know if I make it will get eaten, quickly. If you have any Amish Friendship Bread recipes on your blog, leave the link below so that I can come check them out. If you have any Amish Friendship Bread questions, let me know. I've been making it for years and would love to help you!

 Amish Friendship Bread Chocolate Caramel Brownies
Ingredients
1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
3 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 small box Jell-O instant chocolate pudding- dry mix
1 1/2 cup chocolate chips (we use a variety or whatever we have on hand)
1 cup caramel bits or Rolos
1/2 cup caramel bits to sprinkle on top or Rolos
Directions
1-Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2-Grease and flour 9″ x 13″ pan.
3-Combine starter, eggs, oil, milk, vanilla extract, and sugars in a medium bowl. 
4-In another medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pudding mix, chocolate chips, and 1 cup caramel bits.
5- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and fold in the wet ingredient until fully mixed.
6-Pour into greased pan and sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of caramel bits (Rolos) on top. 
7-Bake for 45 minutes to one hour, checking for doneness with a toothpick. When toothpick is clear of the dough, they are done. With all the added chocolate chips you will get chocolate on the toothpick. 
8-Cook & eat.
9-Serves 16 



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Tuesday

Amish Friendship Bread Basic Cookie Recipe

Several years back when I was in my creative phase of creating new Amish Friendship Bread variations, I wondered if cookies could be made with the Amish Friendship Bread Starter (if you don't have a starter click the link to get yours started! It is so easy!). Guess what? With a few kitchen experiments, cookies were created! I have several that I will share with you and I hope you give them a try. 
This is a soft and chewy cookie. It isn't as fluffy as the Brown Sugar Cookies that are so popular on my blog and Pinterest but they are soft! This is the perfect basic cookie recipe which has flexibility to allow you to add in your favorite ingredients. Go experiment and let me know what you created. 

Amish Friendship Bread Basic Cookie
Ingredients

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
5 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions 

1-Preheat oven to 350° F (176° C).
2-Cream butter, shortening, eggs and sugars.
3-Stir in rest of ingredients.
4-Drop tablespoon size dough onto ungreased baking sheet.
5-Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

Kitchen Notes
Use this recipe to create any type of Amish Friendship Bread cookie. Add up to two cups of nuts, chips and/or fruit and 1/2-1 teaspoon of your favorite spices. Use a small cookie scoop for bite size cookies or two scoops for a larger cookie. Recipe will yield up to 100 small cookies. Amazing, right? This is the perfect cookie for bake sales! 


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Wednesday

Nutella Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread Recipe

Raise your hand if you love nutella! My hand is up and so are my teens. I've created several nutella recipes over the years including this Amish Friendship Bread recipe a few years back. This friendship bread is perfect for breakfast, bake sales and dessert! If you have an Amish Friendship Starter you can make this today. If not, click over and get the recipe and make your own Amish Friendship Bread Starter.

Serve this bread slightly warm for a luxurious chocolatey hazelnut treat.
Nutella Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread
Ingredients
1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
1 cup chocolate milk
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup oil
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 small boxes chocolate instant pudding
1 cup Nutella hazelnut spread


Directions
1-Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2-In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed except the Nutella.
3-Grease two large loaf pans and dust the greased pans with sugar.
4-Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans and then drop 1/2 cup of Nutella on top of each pan and use a knife to swirl it into the batter.
5-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.
Kitchen Notes
Make this extra special by baking it in a Bundt pan. Check time at 1 hour and be prepared to bake it an extra 15-25 minutes. Once baked and cooled for 10 minutes, invert on to a cake platter. Let cool. 

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Nutella Peanut Butter Cookie - NOT an Amish Friendship Recipe



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Friday

Amish Friendship Bread Pancakes

Yes my family loves Amish Friendship Bread. I have a Friendship Bread Starter that is over 3 years old which I take from every time I bake or need to share with others. When my starter gets down to 1 cup or so, I feed it. This Amish Friendship Bread Pancake recipe can be found all over the internet. I tweaked it to fit our needs.
Amish Friendship Bread Pancakes

Ingredients

2 cups Amish Friendship Bread Starter
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1-3 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup milk/half & half and up to 1/4 cup more if needed to thin out
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice or pumpkin spice.

Directions

1. Set an electric skillet or stove top to medium heat when batter is ready.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl, mix.
3. Combine wet ingredients in a bowl, mix.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry until just combined. Do by hand or use a mixer. I use a mixer.
5. Spoon batter onto the greased skittle and cook until bubbles appear and then flip. These cook really quick!

Kitchen Notes

  • The pancakes will look a little darker than regular pancakes. That is because of the sugar in the batter. Keep heat to medium and cook slowly to decrease the darkness. We've found that an electric skillet works best but we will cook on the stove top.
  • We do add fresh or thawed blueberries, strawberries, or bananas once the batter is added to the skillet- add right before flipping pancakes over.
  • Kids prefer mini chocolate chips instead of the fruit. Go figure!
  • Recipe make 24 small sized pancakes.

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Wednesday

Kahlua and White Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread

Kahlua is one of my favorite liqueurs. If you aren't familiar with Kahlua, it is a Mexican coffee-flavored rum based liqueur. It has a sweet coffee taste which makes for a great addition to coffee drinks. I've used it many times in baking sweet desserts like this Kahlua and White Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread as well as in my Kahlua Tiramisu recipe.


Kahlua and White Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread
Ingredients
1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
3 eggs
1 cup oil
1/2 cup chocolate milk
1/3 cup Kahlua or coffee liqueur
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons instant coffee
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
2 small boxes instant chocolate pudding
1 cup white chocolate chips
1/4 cup cocoa powder
Mocha Whipped Cream (optional)
Directions
1-Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2-In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed.
3-Grease two large loaf pans and then dust the greased pans with a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder (optional).
4-Pour the batter evenly into 2 loaf or 2 cake pans or 1 Bundt pan. Sprinkle the top of bread with remaining sugar-cocoa mixture.
5-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.
6-Baking time can vary depending on size of pan.

Kitchen Notes

Serves 16. This recipe can also be made into muffins and will yield 24-32 muffins. Cook time on muffins is 20 minutes but always do the toothpick test before removing from oven.

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Tuesday

Raspberry Chocolate Macadamia Nut Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread is all about love and sharing with your family and friends. Over the years I have learned a lot about people because I have shared Friendship Bread recipes on the internet, at home to family and friends as well as to random strangers. If you haven't made an Amish Friendship Bread Starter (or had one given to you), I challenge you to start one, bake bread and share it and see what you learn. 

Raspberry Chocolate Macadamia Nut Amish Friendship Bread
Pure raspberry and chocolate goodness.
Ingredients
1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
3 eggs
1 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons instant coffee
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1 small box raspberry jello
2 cups macadamia nuts, chopped
1 cup chocolate chips (white, milk, dark or mixed)
1/2 can raspberry pie filling to mix in recipe

1/2 can raspberry pie filling to use as topping
1 cup powdered sugar for topping

Directions

1-Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2-In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed.
3-Grease two large loaf pans and dust the pans with sugar.
4-Pour the batter evenly into 2 loaf pans or 2 cake pans or 1 Bundt pan and sprinkle with sugar on the top.
5-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. Cooking time varies according to the size of pan you use.
6-Once cooled, top with raspberry pie filling before serving each piece. Another topping idea is to mix water with powdered sugar until it has the consistency to lightly drizzle on top of cake just like in the picture above.

Kitchen Notes

 Serves 16. This recipe can also be made into muffins and will yield 24-32 muffins. Cook time on muffins is 20 minutes but always do the toothpick test before removing from oven.

More Amish Friendship Bread Recipes

 Mocha Chip Scones
Oreo and Cream Amish Friendship Bread/Muffins 
Peanut Butter Brownie Muffins
Pumpkin Spice Bread 
Zucchini Mini Chocolate Chip Bread 

 
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Friday

Sweet Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bread

Ready for a slice of peanut butter chocolate chip bread? I have made this with and without the Amish Friendship Bread Starter with the same results. This is a yummy dessert recipe or even breakfast recipe to share with family and friends.
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Sweet Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bread (or Amish Friendship Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bread)

Ingredients

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter (OPTIONAL)
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1/2 cup POM juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup chocolate chips or peanut butter chips
1 small box vanilla or chocolate instant pudding mix
1 cup pecans, chopped (optional)


Directions 

1-Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2-In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed.
3-Grease two large loaf pans.
4-Dust the greased pans with a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. (optional and can be omitted)
5-Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans and sprinkle the remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture (optional mixture) on the top with a small handful of nuts and chocolate chips (I always do this part).
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.


Kitchen Notes

The POM juice can be left out of this recipe as well as the Amish Friendship Bread Starter. It is a flexible recipe that I have made several different ways.

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Mocha Chip Scone Recipe

Scones remind me of sipping an English tea in a beautiful, flower filled garden. This scone recipe is made with Amish Friendship Bread Starter. Make a batch with this easy recipe and share with friends.
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When I made this scone recipe, my roses were in full bloom. Aren't they beautiful? My China pattern fit the perfect English Tea & Garden theme. I believe this pattern is called Midnight Rose. I bought a set of 4 way back when I was in college. I gave one set away and have 3 sets left, one for each of my daughters. 

 The letter underneath the plate is a handwritten letter from one of our elderly friends in New Orleans. He is the only person who sends us hand written letters. When we lived in New Orleans, he brought me fresh coffee beans each week from a local roaster. His friendship inspired this friendship bread scone recipe.
Mocha Chip Scones

Ingredients

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons International Cafe Mocha Mix
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup chilled butter
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup natural applesauce
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions 

1. Preheat oven to 400° F (200° C).
2. In a mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, mocha mix, baking soda and salt.
3. With a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
4. Make a well in center of dry mixture; set aside.
5. In another bowl combine starter, applesauce and egg. Add egg mixture all at once to dry mixture. Using a fork, stir just until moistened. Knead in chocolate chips.
6. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface. Shape into 4” x 12” rectangle. 
7. Cut rectangle into quarters (4” x 3”) and cut each piece on the diagonal to form 8 wedges.
8. Place wedges 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Top with mocha mix if desired.
9. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until golden.
10. Once cooled, top with glaze. They are great without the glaze, too.

 Kitchen Notes

I always thought scones were difficult to make. Once I gave it a try I found that they are super easy to make. My teen and I created it together. She loves baking with me!  Make 8-12 scones.

Mocha Vanilla Glaze

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter, softened
1/4 cup of milk or water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons International Cafe Mocha Mix
4 cups of powdered sugar

Directions

 Combine all of the ingredients and mix by hand or with a mixer. 

Tips-
This glaze will last for several weeks if you keep it covered in the fridge. If it has been in the fridge, gently warm the container in hot water until it is the consistency you desire. The Cafe Mocha mix is perfect for these scones. It can easily be left out of the recipe.

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