Amish Friendship Bread

Starter
1 Pkg Active Dry Yeast
1 C Milk
1 C Flour
1 C Sugar

Dissolve yeast in small amount of warm water.  Mix all ingredients together in an ample sized bowl or jar (It will grow).  This is day 1 of the starter.

Day 1 - Do nothing
Day 2, 3, 4:  Stir with a wooden spoon
Day 5 - Add 1 cup each, - flour sugar & milk.  Stir
Day 6,7,8 - Stir with a wooden spoon
Day 9 - Do nothing
Day 10 - Add 1 cup each - flour, sugar, milk.  Stir.  Pour into 3 containers (1 cup each). Give 2 containers to friends along with this recipe.  Keep 1 cup for yourself.

Put your cup into a gallon size ziploc bag. 
Day 1 - nothing
Day 2 - mush the bag
Day 3 - mush the bag
Day 4 - mush the bag
Day 5 - mush the bag
Day 6 - add 1 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1 c milk, mush to stir
Day 7 - mush the bag
Day 8 - mush the bag
Day 9 - mush the bag
day 10 - combing the contents of the bag in a large bowl.  Add 1 1/2 c flour, 1 1/2 c sugar, 1 1/2 c milk.  Stir.  Pour four 1 c starters into 1 gallon ziploc bags.  Keep one for yourself and give the others to friends with these instructions. 

To the remaining batter (1 cup) in the bowl add:
1 C Oil
1/2 C Milk
3 Eggs
1/2 t Vanilla
2 C Flour
1 C Sugar
1 1/2 t Baking powder
1 t Baking Soda
2 t Cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1 Large box instant Vanilla pudding

Preheat oven to 325.  Grease 2 large loaf pans or 1 large bundt pan.  Mix together 1/2 c sugar and 1/2 t cinnamon.  Dust the greased pans with half the mixture.  Pour batter evenly into pans.  Sprinkle sugar mixture on top.  Bake 1 hour let stand 10 minutes.  

Optional: add 1 c nuts, 1 c chocolate chips, 1/2 c raisins or craisins.  You can exchange the vanilla pudding for any flavor you would like.  You can also make muffins or pancakes with the batter.  Muffins cook for 25-30 minutes.

If you keep the started for yourself, you will be baking every 10 days.  The bread is good and makes a great gift.