A few days ago I received a bag of Amish Friendship Bread starter mix and the recipe of how to make it. A year and a half ago I watched as Amy was starting and baking and whatever-ing this Amish delight like a mad woman. She was working it. I remember giving a starter bag to a friend of mine who later brought by a loaf for the fam - it was amazing stuff. Never in all of this however, did I end up with a started bag in hand. Actually, I was not all that interested in baking bread. This time around I took the starter and the instructions and have followed it. There has been kneading of the bag and burping it as well. Pretty fantastic. Tonight however I needed to bake. It was the designated day. I spent a little time debating whether I would move forward and actually do it or just forget it. When 11 PM rolled around I decided I better just get it done and off to work I went. I am currently in the baking stage and hope it turns out well. I hate to put forth the effort for nothing.
The recipe was pretty specific about not using metal. I was doing my best to follow the recipe and found a big no metal bowl to use. It was great. I had everything moving along when I realized I was going to have to use metal bread pans. Oh the horror. Then I looked down and realized I was mixing stuff in my non metal bowl with a metal whisk. What in the world was I thinking? Clearly I am not prepared to produce a true Amish friendship bread.
As I was pondering the topic and wondering if there were any others who had failed on the metal thing. I am sure there are. It became obvious to me that this was not authentic Amish bread. If it is, the Amish use a ton of sugar. Wow. The final ingredient is the one that caught me off guard the most - mix in a small box of instant vanilla pudding. What? If we are going to drop Jello instant pudding into this I am afraid it is not an authentic Amish bread and simply not using metal bowls, utensils and bread pans really shouldn't matter all that much.
Final note on the day. Our Church building has been condemned. It is the oldest church building in Cedar and a recent report on structural integrity scared everyone so badly that an immediate action was taken to prevent any further use of the building. And so, the 2nd and the 8th Wards are moving. The 2nd ended up in our old 7th Ward building. The 8th Ward is actually traveling outside of the Stake. It really isn't that much further from where we are currently. It may actually be a lot safer - well, safer until the Amish read about how I killed their bread and come looking for me...
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