Vanilla Poppyseed Friendship Bread will make all of your friends very happy! You’ll be happy too with the delicious blend of vanilla and poppy seeds all baked into a delightful loaf.

Over the years I’ve had people give me Amish Friendship Bread starts and I would follow the instructions and make the friendship loaf until we couldn’t eat it anymore but I didn’t realize that there’s a whole bunch of amazing things to do with that sour dough starter!!

Check out this recipe to make your own Sourdough Starter it’s from King Arthur Flour.

The sourdough starter I have is from Alaska and it’s over 70 years old! Thanks to a friend of a friend of a friend I was able to grab a start so you’ll be seeing some yummy sour dough recipes popping up around here 🙂

Yield: 2

Vanilla Poppy Seed Friendship Loaf

Name: Vanilla Poppy Seed Friendship Loaf
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 4 cups all purpose flour; 2 cups granulated sugar; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1/4 cup poppy seed; 1 5.1oz vanilla instant pudding mix; 2 cups sourdough start, also called amish start; 4 eggs; 1 cup milk; 1 cup applesauce; 3 teaspoons vanilla; 3/4 cup canola oil; Topping:; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 cup poppy seed
1 5.1oz vanilla instant pudding mix
2 cups sourdough start, also called amish start
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup applesauce
3 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cup canola oil
Topping:
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven 325 degrees F.
Coat 2- bread loaf pans (9x5) with cooking spray.
Combine topping sugar and cinnamon; coat each sprayed pan with mixture reserving excess for sprinkling top of loaves.
In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon, poppy seeds, and vanilla pudding mix; whisk to incorporate.
In a separate bowl mix together sour dough start, eggs, milk, applesauce, vanilla, and oil.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour wet into well, stir until just incorporated.
(do not over mix- a few lumps is fine)
Divide into prepared pans.
Bake 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center removes clean.
Cool in pans on cooling racks for 10 minutes, remove from pans and completely cool loaves on rack.
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