Bold and smoky hazelnuts give this Hazelnut Amish Friendship Bread recipe variation a healthful, sophisticated flavor boost. Thanks to Kitchen Friend Diane Siniscalchi for submitting this recipe!
Kitchen Friend Diane Siniscalchi added some extra crunch to this recipe: “I sprinkled the tops of the loaves with untoasted hazelnuts and cinnamon sugar. I was afraid that if I toasted the hazelnuts, that they might burn during baking. The nuts browned nicely.”

Hazelnut Amish Friendship Bread
Bold and smoky hazelnuts give this Hazelnut Amish Friendship Bread recipe variation a healthful, sophisticated flavor boost. 
Ingredients
- 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
 - 3 eggs
 - 1 cup oil
 - ½ cup milk
 - 1 cup sugar
 - 1 teaspoon hazelnut extract
 - 2 teaspoons cinnamon
 - 1½ teaspoon baking powder
 - ½ teaspoon salt
 - ½ teaspoon baking soda
 - 2 cups flour
 - 1-2 small boxes vanilla instant pudding
 - 1 cup hazelnuts chopped and toasted
 - ½ cup hazelnuts chopped and untoasted to top
 
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
 - In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed except for untoasted hazelnuts.
 - Grease two large loaf pans.
 - Dust the greased pans with a mixture of ½ cup sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Reserve any remaining cinnamon-sugar.
 - Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans and sprinkle the top with untoasted hazelnuts and cinnamon sugar.
 - Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
 - ENJOY!
 
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Could I use hazelnut syrup (like the kind you put in coffee) in place of the extract? And if I omit the actual nuts would you suggest adding a little bit of extra flavoring to kick up the flavor a notch?
I used vanilla pudding in my Hazelnut Amish Friendship Bread, but I’ll bet chocolate or lemon pudding would taste really good.