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Amish friendship bread is a type of bread or cake made from a sourdough starter that is often shared in a manner similar to a chain letter. [1] The starter is a substitute for baking yeast and can be used to make many kinds of yeast-based breads , shared with friends, or frozen for future use.
Similar to the Amish friendship bread, the starter is passed from person to person (like a chain letter) and continues to grow as it contains yeast and lactic acid bacteria. [1] One starter can, in theory, last indefinitely. The other ingredients for the mixture are milk, sugar, flour and warm water. [2] [3] They became popular in the 1970s. [3]
A loaf of bread baked with Carl Griffith's sourdough starter sits on a board. Carl Griffith's sourdough starter , also known as the Oregon Trail Sourdough or Carl's starter , is a sourdough culture, a colony of wild yeast and bacteria cultivated in a mixture of flour and water for use as leavening . [ 1 ]
In some countries (mainly Eastern Europe, Baltic and Nordic countries) rye flour is also used to make a starter. Traditional Finnish rye starter consists of only rye flour and water, no sugar or yeast. Some might also use yogurt to help hasten the starter to rise. A flour-to-water ratio of 1-to-1 results in a relatively fluid ferment.
The purpose of the starter is to produce a vigorous leaven and to develop the flavour of the bread. In practice there are several kinds of starters, as the ratio of water to flour in the starter (hydration) varies. A starter may be a liquid batter or a stiff dough. [22] Flour naturally contains a variety of yeasts and bacteria.
The sponge and dough method is a two-step bread making process: in the first step a sponge is made and allowed to ferment for a period of time, and in the second step the sponge is added to the final dough's ingredients, [1] creating the total formula. [2] In this usage, synonyms for sponge are yeast starter or yeast pre-ferment.
Lovina Hershberger, a 21-year-old from a strict Amish community in Iowa, USA, made a daring escape in 2021 at the age of 18. In April 2021, on a snowy evening, Hershberger left one of the ...
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