Recipe - Amish Friendship Dough Starter (Aka Herman)

1 pack Dry yeast
One half cup Warm water
2 cup Luke warm water
2 cup Sifted flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Sugar

Mix the following in a NON METAL BOWL WITH NON METAL UTENSILS!!!!!!!
Mix the yeast and the first One half cup water together and let stand until
"yeasty". Then sift the dry stuff together, and combine it with the
yeast/water and the other 2 cup of luke warm water. Mix well with a
nonmetal spoon and let stand uncovered at room temp for 35 days,
covering only at night, and stirring 23 times a day.

Remove 1 cup and start the ten day ritual, as below. With the
remaining mix, add One half cup water, One half cup flour, and 1 t sugar. Let stand
at room temp one day (until very bubbly). Store covered in fridge for
up to 10 days for in recipes or as further starter.

10day ritual (all done at room temp in nonmetal bowl)

Day 1you receive "Herman" and do nothing Day 2stir w/non metal
(pref. wooden) spoon Day 3stir Day 4stir Day 5add 1 cup each of
flour, sugar, and milk. Stir Day 6stir Day 7stir Day 8stir Day
9stir Day 10"Herman is born!" Add 1 cup each of flour, sugar, and
milk. Stir well. Pour 1 C each into 3 containers. Give to
friends/enemies with above

instructions. Reserve one cup for reprocessing for yourself.

The friend who gave me this starter recipe controls her batch by only
adding 1/3 cup of each ingredient on days 5 and 10. You can do this to
prevent yourself from becoming overrun! The bread recipe below is a
good solution to the starter, but you end up 50 lbs overweight and
have a freezer full of loaves unless you learn to control the
"Herman" or pass it on to friends.

Amish Friendship Bread

To Remaining Batch of "Herman" (after you remove the 3 cups and
restart or pass them on) add the following.

Remaining Herman 2/3 cup oil 3 eggs 1 cup nut/fruit of choice (applesauce,
bananas, etc) 2 cup flour 1 One half t baking powder 1 cup sugar Three fourths salt 1/2
t soda 1 t cinnamon

Mix well and bake at 350 4550 min. Makes 2 loaves.

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