Strawberry Bread Made With Amish Starter Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a 2 quart container glass, plastic or ceramic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or flour will lump when milk is added. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture. Cover loosely and let stand until bubbly. Consider this day 1 of the 10 day cycle. Leave loosely covered at room temperature.
• On days 2 through 4; stir starter with a spoon. Day 5; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Days 6 through 9; stir only.
• Day 10; stir in 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Remove 1 cup to make your first bread, give 2 cups to friends along with this recipe, and your favorite Amish Bread recipe. Store the remaining 1 cup starter in a container in the refrigerator, or begin the 10 day process over again (beginning with step 2).

Steps:

• Mix together the wet ingredients, then stir in the dry ingredients.
• Toss the strawberries with the 1T of sugar and stir them in last.
• Pour into 5 greased mini loaf pans and bake at 325 for 45 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix by hand with a wooden spoon until smooth.
• Pour batter into 2 well-greased and sugared 9X5X2-inch loaf pans.
• Bake for about 40 minutes, or until done (You can test to see if it is done, by placing a wooden toothpick in the center of the cake, it if comes out dry, it's done).
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans.
• ~NOTE~If desired, add 1 cup chopped nuts and/or fruit such as apples, dates, cranberries, diced apples or raisins to each loaf.