Amish Sourdough Cinnamon Bread Starter And Bread Instructions

• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup warm milk
• baking day ingredients
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 (5 1/8 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 1 cup raisins (optional)
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• COATING mix
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1. In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water for about 10 minutes. Stir well.
2. In a 2 quart glass or plastic container, combine 1 cup sifted flour and 1 cup sugar.
3. Mix thoroughly or the flour will get lumpy when you add the milk.
4. Slowly stir in warm milk and dissolved yeast mixture.
5. Loosely cover the mixture with a lid or plastic wrap.
6. The mixture will get bubbly. Consider this Day 1 of the cycle, or the day you receive the starter.
7. For the next 10 days handle starter according to the instructions below for Amish Friendship Bread.
8. Day 1: Do nothing: refer to date on bag should be day 10 of mix.
9. Day 2: Mush the bag.
10. Day 3: Mush the bag.
11. Day 4: Mush the bag.
12. Day 5: Mush the bag.
13. Day 6: Add to the bag- 1 c plain flour, 1 c sugar, 1 c milk, and mush well.
14. Day 7: mush the bag.
15. Day 8: mush the bag.
16. Day 9: Mush the bag.
17. Day 10: follow instructions below--.
18. Pour the entire contents of the bag into a large metal bowl.
19. add 1 1/2 cups plain flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 c milk. mix well.
20. lable four ziploc bags with date and Day 1.
21. fill each of the four bags with 1 cup of batter. (these are the starter bags to give out to friends). If you don't keep one for yourself you will have to wait until someone gives you a starter batter.
22. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
23. to your remaining batter you need to add the bread making ingredients.
24. grease bottom and sides sides of 2 large loaf pans or spray with pam butter flavor or bakers joy.
25. mix pan coating mix and dust the insides of each pan with it coating sides and bottom of each pan well.
26. pour batter evenly into the 2 loaf pans and sprinkle any remaining dusting mix on the top of the batter.
27. bake approximately 1 hour until toothpick comes out clean. cool until bread loosens from the pan easily. turn onto serving dish or wire rack.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/amish-sourdough-cinnamon-bread-starter-and-bread-instructions-402826 (may not work)