In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 10 minutes. In a 2-quart nonreactive container (made of glass, ceramic or plastic), combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly or the flour ...

We are starting you off with the Amish Friendship Bread starter recipe and a recipe for bread to bake and share once day 10 arrives. Each Wednesday in October, TASTE will include another recipe to use ...

This starter has a buttermilk base, and it takes about a week to make. Then the starter is used to make a sponge, which takes one to two days and gives the bread even more flavor. The sponge is then ...

Chef Carla Hall had never heard of "friendship bread" before someone gave her a plastic zip-top bag full of a yeasty, mushy starter. As a young caterer just starting out, she got busy baking up a ...