When we visited cousin Neil & Penny's house we were welcomed with a delicious slice of warm friendship bread. Although it's made with yeast, it's more like a spicy cake rather than bread and is absolutely delicious!!
Friendship Bread is an Amish tradition and is a type of bread or cake made from a sourdough starter that is often shared in a manner similar to a chain letter. 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. The starter mixture is put into a bag and mashed every day for 10 days, you then divide it into four portions, bake with one, and give the other three away on a similar principle as a chain letter–pass it on.
More details and recipes can be found on the following web page. When I get home I'll definitely be trying it out on my family and friends in Scotland!
http://www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com/amish-friendship-bread
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