{"id":97,"slug":"amish-friendship-bread","title":"Amish Friendship Bread","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1–2 cups Sourdough starter","⅔ cup (130 g) Vegetable oil or another neutral-flavored oil","1 cup (200 g) White sugar","150 g Eggs","2 cups (240 g) All-purpose flour","½ teaspoon (3 g) Baking soda","1¼ teaspoons (5 g) Baking powder","¼ teaspoon Salt","1½ teaspoons (8 g) Ground cinnamon","½ cup (75 g) Raisins (optional; any color)","½ cup (60 g) Chopped nuts, such as walnuts or pecans (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["sourdough starter","vegetable oil or another neutral flavored oil","white sugar","egg","all purpose flour","baking soda","baking powder","salt","ground cinnamon","raisin","nuts such as walnuts or pecan"],"steps":["Preheat the oven to 350 °F (175°C, gas mark 4—moderate).","Grease and flour two loaf pans or two 9-inch round cake pans. Alternatively, line them with parchment paper.","Combine the sourdough starter, oil, sugar, and eggs in a large mixing bowl.","Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a separate bowl. Stir this dry mixture into the wet mixture.","Stir in the raisins or nuts, if using.","Pour the batter into the prepared pans. Optionally, sprinkle a decorative amount of cinnamon on top of the cake batter.","Bake at 350 °F (175°C, gas mark 4—moderate) for about 50–55 minutes if using loaf pans, or about 25–30 minutes if using round cake pans. The cakes are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean."],"categories":["Cake recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using all-purpose flour","Recipes using salt","Recipes using cinnamon","Recipes using egg","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using baking soda","Recipes using raisin","Recipes using nuts and seeds"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":90,"servings":"24","yield_text":"2 loaves","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Amish_Friendship_Bread","source_ref":"4613219","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Amish_Friendship_Bread&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"284a2b49e803603290a16627754f3a55777f1c355f6d5821abdaaf07fe15c0fd","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/amish-friendship-bread"}