Potato Flake Amish Friendship Bread Starter

Potato Flake Amish Friendship Bread Sourdough Starter uses instant potato flakes is easy to make and makes a wonderfully soft and flavorful bread!

Potato Flake Amish Friendship Bread Sourdough Starter is one of the easiest bread starters to make and to maintain. Unlike San Francisco style sourdough starters, this one doesn’t use any flour. 

Instead of requiring a couple of weeks before use, this starter is ready to use within a couple of days and is very low maintenance to feed and maintain.

This sourdough starter is sweeter and milder than San Francisco style starters, and makes a delicious, soft, fine bread that delicious warm with butter or as a hearty sandwich!  Try baking the Potato Flake Amish Friendship Bread as soon as the starter is ready!

Tips for Amish Friendship Bread Sourdough Starter:

1. Before each feeding, it’s important to use or discard at least a cup of the starter, this will prevent your starter amount from growing out of control.
2. Make sure you take the time to measure precisely when making the starter, and then again when you’re making the bread. It will make a world of difference in the end product.
3. This recipe can be interchanged for use in my other sourdough recipes, just make sure you feed it at least 8-12 hours before use.

Love Sourdough? Try these delicious recipes! 

Potato Flake Amish Friendship Bread

Homemade Sourdough Starter

Sourdough Pancakes

Sourdough Soft Pretzels

Sourdough Pizza Crust

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Amish Friendship Bread Sourdough Starter

Potato Flake Amish Friendship Bread Sourdough Starter uses instant potato flakes is easy to make, and makes a wonderfully soft and flavorful bread!

Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

Author: Jennifer Locklin

Ingredients

Starter Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons instant potato flakes
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup warm water
• 2¼ teaspoons active dry yeast or one package

Feeding Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons instant potato flakes
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup warm water

Instructions

Starter Instructions

• In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons instant potato flakes, ½ cup sugar, 1 cup warm water and yeast.
• Cover loosely and let sit on the counter for 2 days, stirring daily.
• After two days, add 3 tablespoons instant potato flakes, ½ cup sugar, and 1 cup warm water to the starter. Mix well.
• Cover loosely and leave on counter for 8 hours. Refrigerate for 5 days.
• Remove from refrigerator and stir well and remove 1 cup of the starter to bake with. Give away or discard all but 1 cup of the remaining starter.

Feeding Instructions

• Feed the starter by adding all of the feeding ingredients and stirring well. Cover loosely and leave on counter for 8 hours. Refrigerate for 5 days then repeat the above step.
• Repeat every five days.