Submitted by: Mary Pilcher | Chasing Some Blue Sky
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“It’s like having chocolate-covered strawberries and shortcake for breakfast.”
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 pancakes
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup milk
chocolate chips
1 pound strawberries, sliced
2-3 tablespoons sugar (to taste)
Directions
- Combine sugar and strawberries in bowl, stir well and set aside to allow sugar to draw out juices for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat griddle.
- In a mixing bowl, add starter and wet ingredients. Whisk together.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and whisk well.
- Spoon batter onto greased skillet or griddle.
- Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
- Cook until bubbles appear on the surface, then flip.
- Cook until browned on the other side.
- Serve with with strawberries.
- ENJOY!
Kitchen Notes
An answer to the inevitable question of what to do with all that extra starter is don’t make it. Dump half the starter on the last day and then only added half the ingredients for the final version. Much more manageable and while it seems a little wasteful at first, it’s really what you do with sourdough starter.
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would like to ask what is starter, have seen in recipes about adding starter, what is it and how do u make it, smiles, thank you
Hi Juanita! Here is the starter recipe. You make the Starter and in 10 days you use it to bake. Let us know if you have any more questions. http://www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com/pantry/amish-friendship-bread-starter
I am confused at when you actually use the starter to make a recipe. After you do the 10 day thing and then add the milk sugar and flour are you able to use that batter ,the instructions I received were unclear, thanks for any help here. Aloha
Aloha Karen!
Each recipe uses 1 cup of starter. If you follow the original instructions, Day 1 is the day you receive a starter from a friend or make your own. You should have about 1 cup. You mash the bag daily and then on Day 6, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Mash daily until Day 10. On Day 10, also known as Baking Day, you’ll add 1.5 cups of flour, 1.5 cups of sugar, 1.5 cups of milk to your starter. Mix it all up and then divide it into four equal portions (about 1-1.5 cups each). You give three bags away and use the last portion to bake with. You can bake right away, or you can follow the 10 day process again to grow your starter and bake whenever you’re ready.
Hope the helps! Visit our FAQ section for more. I’ll be at HI Book & Music Festival this weekend talking about the book and the bread. Hope to see you there!
with aloha,
Darien