Amish Friendship Bread

This friendship bread is fun to do with friends, and tastes wonderful!

Starter kit:
-In a gallon size zip lock bag mix together 1/3 cup milk, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup flour
-Leave on counter top at room temp
Day 1- Mush the bag (Day 1 is the day you make the starter or are given the bag)
Day 2- Mush the bag
Day 3- Mush the bag
Day 4- Mush the bag
Day 5- Mush the bag
Day 6- Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk and 1 cup flour to the bag and mush
Day 7- Mush the bag
Day 8- Mush the bag
Day 9- Mush the bag
Day 10- Pour entire contents of the bag into a non-metal bowl and add 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1 1/2 cups milk. Stir until smooth. Measure out four seperate batters of 1 cup each into four gallon size zip lock bags. You can keep or give away as many of them as you want. Be sure to give them away with a copy of the recipe. If you keep them, just freeze the bags until you are ready to bake, just remember what day you froze the bag so you know when it is ready.

*Baking Directions

Preheat oven to 325
to the remaining batter in the non-metal bowl, add:
4 eggs
1 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 large box or two small boxes of instant pudding mix (any flavor works, I use vanilla)

-Grease 2 large loaf pans
-Mix an additional 1/2 cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon for topping
-Dust bottom and all sides of the greased pans with half of the cinnamon sugar mix
-Pour batter evenly into the two pans and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon and sugar mix over the top
-Bake one hour
-Cool until bread loosens from pan (about 10 minutes)
-Turn onto a serving dish