I have made this recipe a few time now since making it for our Thanksgiving get together. I also made it for a pot luck dish at a group gathering and everyone there enjoyed this and asked about the recipe. The only thing I did different from the actual recipe was to use 2/3 cup sugar instead of 1 cup and I added 1 tsp Vanilla. This recipe is a keeper!

Reviewed On: Feb. 13, 2009

This was my first attempt with making friendship bread and I decided to use this recipe with my starter that was given by a neighbor. What a wonderfully, delicious cake like bread. I chose to make this in 1 Bundt pan rather than making two loaves. I added just a sprinkling of nutmeg to the batter. Then I sprinkled with confectionary sugar after baking. Baking time in the Bundt pan took 45-50 minutes at the 350 degrees. I set my timer to check with a cake tester 5 minutes earlier to help prevent drying out and over baking. My first slice I tried plain, loved it. The second slice I tried with peanut butter. YUMMY! This bread went perfectly with a cup of coffee. I decided to send a sample slice of this bread and recipe to the people I pass the starter onto. After trying this recipe, I decided to keep a starter for myself and start over, so I can make this bread again and also freezing a starter to use at a later time. For those that don’t have the starter, you can find the recipe for “Amish Friendship Bread Starter” here at All Recipes.

Reviewed On: Feb. 12, 2009

I attempted to make my second batch (1st was perfect) of Peppermint Bark and ran into the same trouble another person had with the white chocolate starting to crumble because I didn't remember to turn the heat lower while melting in a double boiler. This caused the chocolate to dry out faster. So rather then throw it away, I made snowballs and rolled them into the finer crushed peppermint. Then placed them in the freezer about 15 minutes. They were a hit and told to make them again. So don't throw away over heated chocolate. Make SNOWBALLS! TIP: You need to pour melted chocolate as soon as it creams and remove from heat!!! Don't keep it on the heat, as this causes the drying out effect.

Reviewed On: Dec. 21, 2008