Somebody needs to talk to the Amish. Years back and states away, a neighbor brought over a bag of starter batter called Amish Friendship Bread. Fool that I am, I accepted the gift. What was not clear ...

During stay-at-home orders for COVID-19, so many people took up bread baking that there was a shortage of yeast. “USA Today” reported that along with toilet paper and disinfectants, flour, sugar and ...

Amish Friendship Bread is one of those foods from my childhood that I love!! My mom and her friends used to pass around those starter bags… but as a mom who works from home, starter bags never happen ...

Preheat oven to 350°F. Make the crust: Mix together butter and brown sugar, then mix in flour and oats to make an oatmeal ...

This is the first in a monthly series on popular retro recipes, restaurants and uniquely Hoosier foods. For several years, pre-Google, The Star and The News had a public service librarian named Nadine ...

The label puzzled me, a seasoned bread baker who had just moved to southern Ohio from northern Indiana. I researched it in books. I asked around. I bought any available loaves for sale. I developed a ...

The mist is heavy enough to make the long drive feel foreign. And in many ways, it is. We're in Strasburg, the heart of Amish Country. We're about to step inside an Amish kitchen, learn how to make ...

DEAR SOS: About six years ago, I received from a friend an Amish Friendship Bread starter, one of those batters in a sealed bag that you feed and knead for 10 days before splitting, baking and passing ...

If I am known for any kind of baking in my family, it might just be the quick breads I seem to churn out all of the time. Whenever we have guests for breakfast, I make a loaf. When we welcome new ...

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 ...