Title: Amish friendship bread (original starter recipe)
 Categories: Penn dutch, Bread
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
           -Linda DiSanto, Austin,
           -Texas
      1 pk Active dry yeast
  2 1/2 c  Warm water
      2 c  Sifted flour
      1 tb Sugar
 
  Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of the warm water in a deep glass or plastic
  container.  Stir in remaining warm water, flour and sugar. Beat until
  smooth.  Cover with loose fitting cover. DO NOT REFRIGERATE! The
  starter requires 10 days for fermentation as follows:
  
  DAYS 1, 2, 3 and 4:... Stir batter DAY 5:................ Add 1 cup
  each milk, flour, sugar and stir DAYS 6, 7, and 8:..... Stir batter
  each day DAY 10: ............. Add 1 cup each flour, sugar, milk;
  stir.
  
  The batter is ready to use.
  
  This makes 3 cups batter to use in the recipes. If you want to you
  may pour 1 cup batter each into 3 containers and give 1 or 2 away.
  
  Save 1 cup to begin process all over again OR you can use all 3 cups
  batter for the recipes at 1 time and when you want to bake these
  again just start the starter again.