Amish Friendship Bread Cranberry Variations Recipes

Steps:

• 1. I've found that a cup of dried cranberries and a tsp of orange zest, along with a cup of chopped nuts, makes a nice holiday variation to the cake! ~~~or~~~ I used the basic cinnamon amish bread recipe and added 1 cup of craisins (dried cranberries) as well as the pecans. ~~~or~~~ We add Craisins(dried sweetened cranberries) and chocolate covered raisins to our mix. We also like the bread with chocolate pudding instead of vanilla. ~~~~~or~~~~ cranberry mint chip ~ a cup of dried cranberries along with a cup of chopped After Eight chocolate after dinner mints or 1 cup chocolate mint chips
• 2. white chocolate cranberry ~ omit vanilla pudding. Add white chocolate instant pudding and 1 cup cranberries

Steps:

• 1. Variation 1 Orange-Cranberry: Use vanilla pudding and replace 1/2 cup milk with orange juice, 1 Tbsp. orange peel instead of vanilla and 2 cups chopped frozen cranberries. I have found this variation bakes better in the upper 3rd of my oven Variation 2 Lemon-Cranberry: Use 1 small pkg. lemon pudding and add 2 cups chopped frozen cranberries. Variation 3 Cherry Vanilla: Use vanilla pudding, add 1 can tart red cherries in water, drained, and add almond flavoring instead of vanilla. Variation 4 Chocolate Cherry: Use chocolate pudding, add 1 can tart red cherries in water, drained, and add almond flavoring instead of vanilla. Variation 5 Apple Cinnamon: Use butterscotch pudding and add 2 cups chopped, peeled, apple. Variation 6 Caramel Pecan: Use butterscotch pudding and add 1 cup chopped pecans Variation 7 Banana Walnut: Use banana cream pudding, 2 chopped banana and chopped 1 cup walnuts.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325F 2. Grease two large loaf pans 3. In a bowl, mix an additional ½ cup sugar and 1 ½ tsp cinnamon 4. Dust the greased pans with sugar/cinnamon mixture 5. Pour the batter evenly into the pans and sprinkle the remaining mixture on the top 6. Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. To make muffins instead of loaves, reduce baking time to 20-25 min. Fill loaf pans or muffin tins one-half to two-thirds full (if you have an eager new starter, I'd recommend only filling to one-half). Banana Nut Friendship Bread 2 medium-size ripe bananas, mashed 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant banana-cream pudding 1 cup walnuts, chopped Butterscotch Friendship Bread 1-2 boxes Jell-o instant butterscotch pudding 1 cup butterscotch baking chips Double Chocolate Friendship Bread 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant chocolate fudge pudding 1/4 cup cocoa 1 cup chocolate chips Omit cinnamon Lemon Poppy-Seed Friendship Bread Replace vanilla extract with lemon extract 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant lemon pudding 1/4 cup poppy seeds 1 tsp lemon zest Pineapple Macadamia Nut Friendship Bread Reduce oil to 1/2 cup 8oz can of crushed pineapple, drained 1/2 cup applesauce 1 tsp lemon zest 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped 2 tbsp shredded coconut - topping Pistachio Cherry Friendship Bread 1-2 boxes Jell-O instant pistachio pudding 1/2 cup Maraschino cherries, drained and chopped (do not mix in batter but line bottom of prepared pan with cherries before pouring batter) Omit cinnamon Pumpkin Cranberry Friendship Bread 1/2 cup pumpkin puree 1 tsp ginger powder 1 cup dried cranberries, loosely chopped 1 cup walnuts, chopped Zucchini Amish Friendship Bread Reduce oil to 1/2 cup 2 cups unpeeled zucchini, shredded squeeze to remove excess liquid 1 tsp nutmeg 1 cup pecans, chopped

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 (9x5 inch) loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, combine the Amish bread starter with oil, eggs, 2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well. Pour into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes.