AMISH SOUR DOUGH FRIENDSHIP BREAD

dldawes1

Finally....here it is !!!!

INGREDIENTS

Pillsbury Bread Flour

Instant Potato Flakes

Corn Oil

Salt

Sugar

1 Pkg Dry Active Yeast

 

TO START A STARTER FROM SCRATCH:

Mix 1 Pkg yeast, ¾ cup sugar, 5 Tbsp instant potatoes, 1 cup warm water in air tight container (We use a mason jar).  Mix well and let stand on counter all day.  That night, place in refrigerator.

TO FEED NEW STARTER:

Keep Starter in refrigerator until time to be fed.  Feed new starter for 1st time after anywhere from 5 to 7 days (wait 5 -7 days between feeding).  Starter must be fed at least once a week, after initial feeding.  It also must be kept in an air tight container such as a mason jar. 

 

TO FEED STARTER  &  TO  MAKE BREAD:

In the morning, remove starter from refrigerator and add ¾ cup of sugar, 5 TBSP instant potatoes and 1 cup warm water.  Mix well and let stand on counter all day.  That night, after stirring mixture well, remove one cup of starter and place in mixing bowl.  Return remaining starter (about 1 cup) to refrigerator in airtight container. 

With  starter in mixing bowl add 1/4 cup of sugar, ½ cup corn oil, 1 TBSP salt, 1 ½ cups warm water and 6 cups bread flour.  Mix with a wooden spoon well and place in another large greased mixing bowl.  Turn in bowl to get dough greasy.  Cover with saran wrap and leave on counter overnight to raise.  (Needs to raise at least 12 hours in warm space.)  The next morning, punch dough down and knead for a few minutes.  Divide into 3 equal parts and place in greased loaf pans.  Cover each pan with saran wrap and place in warn area on counter.  Let raise again all day.  That night remove saran wrap.  Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Brush tops with melted butter and immediately wrap in saran wrap.

Note:  If you feed the starter but are not going to make bread, remove one cup of starter (should have about 1 cup left, after removing 1 cup )  and give to a friend or discard it.  Starter must be feed every 5 to 7 days (wait 5 -7 days between feeding).

Enjoy!

caliking

Thanks for the detailed recipe. Will give it a try sometime.

Question - how long do you have to wait to start making bread after setting up the starter initially? 

dldawes1

@ caliking ...5-7 days.  At least 5...no more than 7.  This is also when the starter requires feeding.

It is very much worth the wait...

caliking

Got it. 

SGH

Thanks for sharing. My wife and I are going to take a shot at it.

JohnInCarolina

Sounds great!  

Tjcoley

Interesting.  Never saw it with instant potatoes or a mason jar.  We always used yeast, flour, water, sugar and milk.  Kept it at room temp in a ziplock bag so you could release the pressure from the fermentation.  Does the mason jar pressurize?

NPHuskerFL

:-\" thanks buddy.

dldawes1

@ Tjcoley ..I haven't noticed any pressure when opening any of the jars...that's exactly what I asked my wife when I first saw her do it !!!  Some yeast bread recipe she has does use the ziplocks.....don't know why this one is different...maybe just the person who gave it to her didn't have ziplocks ??????

I'll ask what she thinks when she gets in.

Tjcoley

Maybe the Amish have more access to mason jars than ziplock bags.

lkapigian

Thanks for the post