Have you ever been handed a ziplock baggy of gooey dough as a “friendly” gesture? The weird bubbly mixture is a sort of starter for the reputable Amish Friendship Bread. It may sound like a silly gift to give, but for those who love to bake, it’s a fun little project that takes about 10 days and then becomes a gift that keeps giving! I’ve made this blueberry muffin recipe using my friendship bread starter.
Well, I got my baggy of Amish Friendship Bread dough about 10 days ago. Today was the day to mix up my batch and I decided to make some modifications.
After picking fresh blueberries this morning, we whipped up a batch of perfect blueberry muffins using the Amish Friendship Bread starter. I am obsessed with this recipe already and I don’t need to change a thing about it! These are PERFECT blueberry muffins!
Friendship Bread Directions
Here is a quick rundown on how to care for your gooey bag of dough if you are handed this gift that keeps giving!
Day 1: Do nothing.
Day 2, 3, 4, 5: Mash the bag.
Day 6: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup of milk to the bag.
Day 7, 8, 9: Mash the bag.
Day 10: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup of milk to a bowl along with the bag of gooey dough. Mix together and put 1 cup of mixture into four ziplock baggies. Use the rest for the Amish Friendship Bread recipe or use my recipe for Blueberry Muffins using the Amish Friendship Bread starter.
Amish Friendship Bread to Perfect Blueberry Muffins
Below is my recipe for blueberry muffins where I use the remaining friendship starter batter from day 10 of the above instructions.
These are perfect blueberry muffins! The perfect amount of lemon. The perfect hint of sour-dough. The perfect ration of batter to blueberries. The perfect size.
I have not modified this recipe to be healthy, in the least! This is all the glorious goodness of gluten and glucose and no one will be disappointed!
However, if you’d like to try a healthier Blueberry Muffin recipe, hop on over to this blender muffin recipe that I created using oat flour and some added zucchini. These Zucchini Banana Blender Muffins would be a great way to use your fresh zucchini and, switch out the chocolate chips for some sweet blueberries.
Enjoy!
How to Modify Amish Friendship Bread into Perfect Blueberry Muffins
Equipment
- cupcake liners
- muffin tin
Ingredients
- remaining friendship batter
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 1/3 cups flour
- 3 tsp lemon juice
- 4 drops lemon essential oil could sub 1/2 tsp lemon zest
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° convection or 350°.
- Combine all ingredients in a glass or plastic bowl (except the blueberries). Stir ingredients together. It should form a pretty wet mixture/batter.
- Add 1 1/2 cups blueberries to the batter and stir.
- Divide the the batter into muffin tins. Spray the tin or liners before filling. Fill a little more than 3/4 full to get 2 dozen muffins.
- Bake on convection at 325° for 25 minutes (or 350° if not a convection oven).
