Amish Friendship Gingerbread
"A little less sweet--a little more spicy! My Christmas use for Amish Friendship Bread starter! You can add a quarter to half cup of sugar with the dry ingredients if you have a sweet tooth, but I really prefer it with just the molasses."
photo by Jadelabyrinth
- Ready In:
- 21mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
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1 loaf
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup amish starter
- 1 egg
- 1⁄4 cup oil
- 1⁄4 cup applesauce (I use natural unsweetened)
- 1⁄4 cup milk or 1/4 cup cream
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 1 cup flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
- 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 (4 ounce) box instant butterscotch pudding mix
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup candied orange peel (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup fairly thin cream cheese frosting
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine wet ingredients: starter, egg, oil, applesauce, milk or cream, vanilla, and molasses. Stir well.
- Combine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, spices, and pudding mix in a separate bowl. Whisk until well-combined.
- Add dry mix gradually to wet mix, and stir until barely combined. Stir in candied peel if using.
- Spread in greased loaf pan.
- Bake (at 325 degrees) approximately one hour. Check it at fifty minutes to determine baking time for your oven!
- Remove from oven and cool on a rack. When BARELY warm to the touch, spread cream cheese frosting over top of loaf. I like runny, glazey, drippy frosting--if you like it thicker, you'll need more frosting and a light hand to keep from tearing pieces off the top of this tender loaf!
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Reviews
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Fantastic! Loved it! My uncle says it tasted like the gingerbread of his childhood, made his day! Thanks for sharing -
My husband and I really liked this bread. I love that it is something original that you can use friendship starter for. Between this and the banana bread recipe I just tried, I will be all set for the next time I do friendship bread baking again. I didn't add the candied orange or use cream cheese frosting. I opted to make a thicker vanilla icing to drizzle across the top. I made two 3" by 6" loaves that took 50 minutes to bake. Thanks AlaskaStephanie!! -
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I live and work in Anchorage, Alaska. I teach, so most of my life is spent grading papers, but I cook whenever I can. I like experimenting with recipes from different world cuisines and, since I do live in Alaska, I cook a lot of fish.
