You can’t resist a slice of this warm, cinnamon Amish Friendship Bread. This quick bread starts with a sweet sourdough and makes two loaves. Perfect for gift-giving! For the starter recipe, click here.
I know you’ve all been waiting for this recipe. We shared our Amish Friendship Bread Starter recipe yesterday. If you haven’t gotten that sweet sourdough starter mixed up and fermenting on your countertop, what are you waiting for?
One look at this cinnamon Amish friendship bread and you’ll be anxiously awaiting that 10-day sourdough cycle to be complete so you can get baking.
This is a classic bread.
It’s soft and moist. It’s full of cinnamon sugar flavor. It’s a one-bowl, no-rise, couldn’t-be-easier quick bread.
And if you’re not into baking quick bread, try baking the friendship bread batter in a muffin tin. You’ll prepare the pans the same way, but you’ll preheat the oven to 425 degrees and bake them for 5 minutes, then reduce the baking temperature to 375 degrees and bake for an additional 13 minutes. It’s a little trick I learned from Sally’s Baking Addiction in order to get the pretty domed tops that everyone loves on a muffin.
And another option? Bake the batter in a 9×13 cake pan to have an Amish friendship cake. The options are endless with this easy bread recipe!
You’ll notice the first ingredient in this recipe is Head over to get the Amish Friendship Bread Starter here.
Other Recipes to Use our Starter in:
Amish Friendship Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup oil
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 small boxes instant vanilla pudding (3.4 ounces each)
- 1 cup chopped nuts optional
- 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
Cinnamon Sugar Mixture:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients.
- Mix well.
- Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
- Mix ½ cup sugar and 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon into a small bowl. Dust the greased pans with half of this cinnamon/sugar mixture.
- Pour the batter evenly into the pans and sprinkle the remaining sugar mixture over the batter.
- Bake for 1 hour or until the a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool until the bread loosens from the pan evenly and turn onto a serving dish.
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Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe
Could you please post a recipe that uses the starter without pudding mix….i dont do processed foods…
Been making this bread from a starter I was given 30 years ago and it was over 20 years old then. I have followed the exact same recipe for all those 30 years the only thing I do is when putting mixture in bread pans I put half in each pan then sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top swirl with knife and put the rest of batter on top and sprinkle again with balance. Works out great but you need to follow instructions. Best bread ever and any one who has had it asks for a starter.
Thank you for the starter recipe! I have made the bread in that past, but have not had the starter for a while. Also, when I have made the bread in the past, I have used banana pudding mix instead of vanilla. It gives a nice flavor to the bread. I have also made the recipe with giant muffin and mini loaf pans. They freeze easily and you just pull them out and pop them in the microwave for a quick breakfast/snack!
Is there a trick to getting it out of the pan after it has baked? I made 6 loaves today- cooked some a little more, some a little less, let some sit longer before taking out of the pan and EVERY single loaf stuck in the pan and tore in half. I sprinkled the sugar into the pan after greasing like it says. I ran a knife around the edges and it would seem like they were loose and ready to go- but nope! So disappointing.
Do you have a recipe for banana bread using the Amish starter? I am only in day two of my starter but am looking for additional recipes to make using my starter 😉 I would also like to make wheat bread (and am completely new to making my own bread) and was curious if younger any tips on how to use this recipe but make it wheat as well. 🙂 thank you!
My tops always fall in…any suggestions? I’ve made over 10 loads so far. Tried changing pan type with no luck. They’re cooked through but the tops crack and sink.
Im going to try that looks so good
I lived among the Amish in Penna. I have one or two recipes that I love. This is one of them. Great if you have a bunch of people to bake for over the holidays.. Thanks.
How do you make sourdough
Can you please me where to get the friendship bread starter from?
Can you please tell me where at can get the friendship bread starter?
Do you have a recipe for the starter?
Can sourdough starter could be used instead of the active yeast?
Thank you for posting these recipes. I’ve haven’t heard of this bread but it does sound really good ☺
Can I just start baking with the starter on day 1 ? Instead of waiting until after the ten day cycle? It look old really good !
For the icing, do you mean powdered sugar? You wrote granulated sugar, but the recipe also calls for sugar and granulated sugar and sugar are the same thing. Just trying to understand why you wrote it 2 different ways, in case I’m missing something. Thanks.
I had friendship starter 30+ years ago and I can’t wait to get started on the starter. My question is what size loaf pan is used?
Could I use almond milk instead of regular milk also what can I use in place of the eggs like egg substitute maybe
Hi Julie, I am going to be making my friendship bread. The thing that confuses me is the amount of instant pudding to use. Some recipes call for 1 large box, some 1 small box, and some 2 small boxes. I threw away an old recipe I used to use 😩. I would appreciate your help! Thank you.
I am in the middle of a starter but will be out of town on day 10 and will not be able to bake. I plan on baking all but one starter to give as gifts. Should I freeze the starters until I can bake ? I will not be able to bake until day 14.
Thank you,
what size loaf pans?
So I do the starter recipe and then at day 10 is when i put all the ingredients in to bake it? Or do I just make it all at onve without doing the 10 day cycle?
What size loaf pans do you use? If I am baking in 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 would it still make 2 loaves?
I make this Amish Bread and Muffins without the starter. Taste wonderful.
When you go to bake the Amish friendship bread can you leave out the cinnamon and pudding and just make sourdough bread?
No where does it tell how long to bake the bread for or what temperature at could you please tell me.