Comments on: Not-so-Amish Friendship Bread Instructions

By: Chev

Chev — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:20:31 +0000

I gave my friend a bag of starter and a year and a half later, she is still making loaves from that batch, its nuts! She refrigerates her bag and it ends up tasting yummy as if not refrigerated. I think I’ll try again, it’s been well over a year.

By: jan woods

jan woods — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:36:26 +0000

Hello. I have a question about my starter. It is bubbling and it smells good but my bag does not expand at all. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:03:12 +0000

@Jesse—Check out the link to AllRecipes in the article: it’s a recipe to make your own starter (it’s easy).

@Cynthia—that’s crazy! Nobody here has ever mentioned something like that. Weird.

By: Cynthia Milbradt

Cynthia Milbradt — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:45:46 +0000

Hello AFB blog. It’s been awhile since I posted here. Last year I was experimenting intensely with the starter and found that I had created a crazy-active, full-on dough starter that was taking over my kitchen, not to mention my life. I put it all in the freezer and tried to forget it for awhile.

I resurrected a small amount this summer just for fun and found it to be twice as crazy as before. I can make fully proofed breads and sweet rolls with-out adding commercial yeast or baking soda/powder. It is so fast acting that I can feed it in the am and in a couple of hours it’s ready for more.

I am wondering if it has picked-up wild yeasts from my environment and THAT is what is creating this amazing, living thing that lives in my downstairs kitchen.

I live above a wetlands/wildlife refuge here in Portland Oregon. We are famous for your spongy, wet winter climate and our environment abounds with all kinds of molds, bacteria, pollens and probably wild yeasts.

Does anyone have similar experiences with their starters morphing into something quite different than the one they originally began with?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:28:38 +0000

would anyone like to help me out and send me a starter kit. I would love to try this but I am usually busy with school. if anyone has any extra starter that they wouldn’t mind sending through the mail, I would really appreciate it.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:52:09 +0000

That’s right!

By: Debi

Debi — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:56:25 +0000

I am a little confused. What you have left after the 10 days that are put in the baggies are called starters for the friends. They are to start the process with day one and then when they are done they give out starters to other friends..right. Please let me know asap. My husband is giving these out at the office. Thank you Debi

By: hannah swanson

hannah swanson — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:25:56 +0000

Sorry to back track, but going back to your comment left 33mo 2w ago, I’m interested in trying that. I want to keep my starter going, but I do not want to keep giving it away or having to store the extra. After I add the 2 tbsp of flour, sugar, and milk on day ten and take out my cup of starter before baking….does that cup count as day one to keep my starter going or is that the cup of starter I will be using to add the ingredients to for making two loaves of bread?? Thanks
Hannah

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:31:24 +0000

Debbob,
I was able to get five mini loaves out of a single batch. I put them all in at once, and the time came out about even or maybe just a few minutes shorter.

By: Debbob

Debbob — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:32:34 +0000

If I would like to make this as mini loaves does anyone know if you need to decrease the baking time?