One of my favorite things about this recipe is that it not only looks healthy, but it tastes amazing. Fresh apples, raisins, carrots, coconut and walnuts make this hearty Amish Friendship Bread recipe the perfect grab-and-go morning treat.
This Amish Friendship Bread variation does well as muffins, mini loaves and mini Bundt cakes. Dust them with powdered sugar and you’re good to go. For this round we ended up with two mini loaves and four mini Bundt cakes. We kept a mini loaf for us and gave away the other mini loaf to a neighbor. We kept one mini Bundt cake for us, gave one to some vacation rental guests who were staying the night, and the last two to our oldest son’s best friend’s family. In other words, we got a lot of mileage out of this recipe, with just enough left over for us.
Here’s a cross-section of the mini-Bundt cakes. We’ve eaten up our share, but just looking at this picture makes me want to whip up another batch. Enjoy!
- 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup oil
- ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups carrots, shredded (about 2 medium carrots)
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- 1 small box vanilla instant pudding
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup apple, cored and chopped
- ½ cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
- Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
- In a medium bowl, whisk starter, eggs, oil, applesauce, carrots, sugar and vanilla.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Toss raisins, walnuts, apples and coconut in the flour mixture and make a well in the center
- Stir in starter mixture until just incorporated.
- Grease muffin tins or line with paper muffin liners.
- If desired, dust the greased muffin tins with a cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans and sprinkle the remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture on the top.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
- ENJOY!
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I made this recipe in a bundt pan and it turned out very well! Was a bit confused since there is milk in the instructions but not in the ingredients list. I decided to go ahead and make it using the ingredients listed and would add milk if it looked a little dry. No milk seems to be needed, it is a very moist bread.
Hi Emily! Thank you so much for pointing this out–we just fixed it (to exclude the milk). We’re baking them into muffins later this week–so glad you have a chance to give the recipes a try. Welcome to the Kitchen!
This sounds so good! I am going to make it using Splenda since my husband is diabetic, but this sounds fantastic and very healthy as well.
These muffins were so good , the only thing I changed was I put 1/2 cup of white sugar and !/@ cup of brown sugar. delicious, Thank you
Being from England I couldn’t get hold of the instant vanilla pudding so I made my own with the recipe on this site. These muffins were so good. A perfect recipe to introduce my friends to before I begin handing out my little jars of starter.
I’ve been looking for something I can have with my cup of coffee in the morning and this sounds so good! Going to make them as muffins. Can’t wait! Thank you!
I can’t wait to try these! They look so yummy!
These mini muffins look like a great item for a Mother’s Day brunch!
These muffins look sooo good I’m going to have to try them.
What a lovely recipe…perfect to bake in advance for Mother’s Day breakfast.