Amish Recipe + Lemon Poppy Seed Amish Friendship Bread

This is a yummy variation of Amish Friendship Bread. It's one of my family's favorites! It's versatile enough to make muffins, too. Just add 3 tablespoons of the batter into greased muffin tins and reduce the baking time to 23-25 minutes.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅓ cup poppy seeds
• 2 (3 ounce) packages instant lemon pudding mix
• 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup vegetable oil

Cooking Directions

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories157.3
• carbohydrateContent25.2 g
• cholesterolContent15.9 mg
• fatContent5.6 g
• fiberContent0.4 g
• proteinContent1.9 g
• saturatedFatContent0.8 g
• sodiumContent222.3 mg
• sugarContent9.3 g