Comments on: FAQs and Recipe Additions for Amish Friendship Bread

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:57 +0000

Hi Lisa,
Your choice! It probably won’t matter, but I’d bake on day 11. Just to give it the right number of days to ferment…

Hope this helps!
Mary

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:35:42 +0000

I “fed” my starter on day 7 instead of day 6. Should I still bake on day10 or should I wait one extra day?

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:43:54 +0000

Interesting that it smells fine and hasn’t changed color. I’d be scared to try it, even so! This might be your call, but I’d call it a loss and scrap it. ((Sorry!!))

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:59:04 +0000

I just discovered a bag of starter that’s a couple of months old – I know I had taken it through the day 6 additions/feeding, but it got neglected & wound up sitting in a corner of my kitchen! Fortunately, a fairly cool corner, but still! It hasn’t turned any colors, and it still smells fine . . . do you think it’s safe to use?

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:57 +0000

Hi Virginia,
I’m sorry I missed your comments here, 2 days later. I hope you just went ahead with your AFB batter. I think the metal issues come from non-stainless steel utensils…so your fork, most likely being SS, is probably okay. I think. :O) I would go ahead with it, but from now on using wooden or plastic utensils.
Hope all is well with your bread!
Mary

By: Virginia Rivera

Virginia Rivera — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:58:09 +0000

I have just started my starter and I used a metal fork to mix the yeast and warm water. Will that affect the process? I used a wooden spoon after that to mix the flour, sugar and milk/yeast mixture. Help!

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:30:22 +0000

Angela, go ahead and add ingredients, a day or two late is not a big deal in my experience!

By: angela

angela — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:30:49 +0000

i forgot to add the ingredients on day 6 – what should I do?

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:36:57 +0000

Carolynscousin, that is so interesting…I’ve gleaned a bit of that from the few “Amish” based books I’ve read. Hiring drivers, etc. The life sounds so romantic, but in reality it’s a lot of hard work, huh. I’m glad they get to use ziplock baggies! ;O)

Colleen, AFB is a little on the heavy side, but it shouldn’t be doughy. I’m not sure what to tell you. I hope you check back and see this, in future, if you click the box beneath your comment box, it says something like “notify me of future comments”, you’ll know when I reply b/c it will send a notice to your email inbox. Eventually you will want to come back and unclick/unsubscribe b/c this post gets a LOT of comments, even years old as it is! I’m sorry I don’t have any better answers for you on the heaviness and doughy issues.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:30:53 +0000

What can I do so that the Amish Friendship Bread is not so heavy? I even baked the bread longer, as it seemed doughy.

I would appreciate a response to my email address, please.
Colleen