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Does anyone have plain,simple,inexpensive gift ideas for the holidays?I have a friendship bread recipie.The bread/muffins are delicious as gifts and you share the batter!
It is a old recipie....grandma called it HERMAN bread.

HERMAN starter dough
2 cups of flour 1tsp.salt 1T active dry yeast 2-1/2 cups lukewarm water 3T sugar
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of water.Add remaining 2cups water,flour,salt and sugar.Mix well in a non-metal bowl.
Cover loosely with wax paper for 5-10 days untilbubbly.Stir each morning.
On the 5th day feed Herman=1/2 cup of sugar,1 cup of milk and 1 cup of flour.Stir until smooth.This is Herman's 1st feeding and this is what you feed him on the 1st and 5th day.Count this as day one.Cover loosely and refridgerate.Each day stir and re-cover Herman and refridgerate.On the 5th day feed again,stir each day,on the 10th day,keep 2 cups to bake bread with,keep 1 cup for growing Herman again and give the remaining 1 cup away.

I will give the recipie for the bread next.

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ramrock Posted on Dec 10, 2006 at 02:24 PM 6,150 tokens, 1.48 months wasted

Now here is the recipie for the bread/muffins;
1 pkg dry yeast 1-1/2 cups of warm water
1 cup of starter (Herman) 2tsp. salt 2tsp. sugar
5-1/2 to 6 cups flour 1/2 tsp.soda.
Mix yeast in warm water.Blend in starter,salt and sugar.Add 2-1/2 cups of flour.Beat 3-4 minutes with mixer.Cover,let rise until light and bubbly.
(about 1-1/2 hours)Combine soda 2-1/2 cups flour.Stir into dough.Add additional flour to make stiff dough.Turn out onto a lightly floured pastry sheet.Knead 5-7 minutes.Divide dough in half.Cover and let rise 10 minutes.Shape into 2 round loaves.Place on a greased sheet,with sharp knife make diagonal slashes across top of loaves.Let rise until double (1-1/2 hours).Bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes.Brush with butter while hot.

I had a signature here just a minute ago..............

darn dogs must have chewed it up

We have wet noses and we will lick your face

and we are sissy la-la dogs
(big babies)

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minodude Posted on Dec 10, 2006 at 05:10 PM 19,484 tokens, 3.85 weeks wasted

so who is herman

Just Kidding!!

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Celeste Posted on Dec 10, 2006 at 06:26 PM 939 tokens, 1.23 weeks wasted

Ohhh and new recipe to try!! TY TY TY!!!

Peace, Love and Cheesecake

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OrangeJuice Posted on Dec 11, 2006 at 05:22 AM 1,513 tokens, 1.73 weeks wasted

Thats HUGE quantities! is there an option to makes it smaller? will it need less days?

And, can you please post pictures?

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for he shall never be disappointed"
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ramrock Posted on Dec 11, 2006 at 07:39 PM 6,150 tokens, 1.48 months wasted

Comment in reply to OrangeJuice's original comment

Sorry I have no pictures of the bread and no....I don't think I would cut the recipie in half.

That's why it is called friendship bread...so you can give it out and share

I had a signature here just a minute ago..............

darn dogs must have chewed it up

We have wet noses and we will lick your face

and we are sissy la-la dogs
(big babies)

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