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Easy Amish Friendship Bread

VegetarianDiner-StyleOven

Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Yield: 8 servings

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Here's the secret to making new friends; sharing a few slices of this Easy Amish Friendship Bread! This no-proof-needed bread is basically a dessert with how wonderfully sweet it tastes, with a hint of vanilla baked right into the bread and a crunchy, warming cinnamon-sugar topping. It's a simple, but enticing treat that doesn't even need butter to amaze the taste buds... but butter is a friend to all breads, so maybe just a smear or two. Easy Amish Friendship Bread is welcoming to all, and you'll be feeling the love with each bite.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 (5.1-ounce) large box vanilla instant pudding mix
  • 3 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Step 2 -Grease two 8 1/2x4 1/2-inch loaf pans.

Step 3 -In a large bowl, whisk the flour, the pudding mix, 2 teaspoons of the cinnamon, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt.

Step 4 -In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, the oil, 1 cup of the sugar, the buttermilk, and the vanilla together.

Step 5 -Add the wet ingredients mixture to the dry ingredients mixture and mix until just combined. Be careful not to overmix.

Step 6 -Divide the mixture evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.

Step 7 -In a small bowl, combine the remaining sugar and the remaining cinnamon.

Step 8 -Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar over the two loaves.

Step 9 -Bake the loaves until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Step 10 -Allow the loaves to cool in the pans for 10 minutes.

Step 11 -Transfer the loaves to wire racks to cool completely.

Step 12 -Slice and serve.

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