Amish Friendship Bread Lemon Variations Recipes

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl blend together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, poppy seeds, and lemon pudding mix. Make a well in the center of the bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the Amish starter, eggs, milk, applesauce, vanilla, and vegetable oil. Add to dry ingredients and blend until just combined. Pour batter into 2 greased loaf pans.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree F(165 degrees C) oven for one hour. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove bread from pan.

Steps:

• 1. Use lemon pudding and add 1/4 cup of poppy seeds. I bake these in a very small muffin pan for about 20 - 25 minutes. ~~~~~or~~~~~ For lemon bread, I substitute lemon pudding mix and lemon extract, omit the cinnamon and nuts, and add poppy seeds. ~~~or~~~ Lemon Amish Friendship Bread Use 2 sm. boxes of instant lemon pudding instead on the vanilla pudding, replace poppy seeds for the cinnamon, & use lemon peel instead of the vanilla. Bake for about 1 1/2 hrs. Very Good! ~~~or~~~ I love to make mine with dried pineapple and lemon instant pudding. ~~~or~~~ Lemon-Poppyseed Variation: Use lemon pudding mix instead of vanilla pudding. Add 2-tsp. Lemon extract instead of vanilla. Eliminate cinnamon. Add 1/4 cup poppyseed. ~~~or~~~ Lemon-Poppyseed Friendship Bread Use two small pkgs. of lemon pudding rather than the vanilla and lemon flavoring in place of vanilla flavoring. Add one tablespoon of poppyseed. This is excellent for making lemon-poppyseed muffins. ~~~or~~~ Lemon Coconut - Delete cinnamon, nuts and vanilla. Use lemon flavored pudding, add 1-tsp. lemon extract and 2 cups coconut. ~~~or~~~ Lemon Walnut Friendship Bread: Omit Cinnamon, Vanilla Pudding in basic recipe and add 1 teaspoon lemon extract, 1 package lemon pudding and one cup of chopped walnuts. Umm Umm Good! " ~~~or~~~~ "Lemon pudding and cranberries are my variation to the friendship bread!"

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.