New Year's Goals

Happy New Year! It's hard to believe we are now in the year 2021. Where does the time go? With that said, you and your family have probably already made your New Year's resolutions. These are always great goals to work towards whether it's health, fitness, etc.

What about baking more together as a family? Yes, baking!

Look at it as a time to learn and grow together as a family, as well as trying something new-- like Amish Friendship Bread!

Amish Friendship Bread

According to Wikipedia, Amish Friendship Bread is "a type of bread or cake similar to pound cake or coffee cake, made from a sourdough starter that is often shared in a manner similar to a chain letter".

While chain letters or chain letter memes aren't very popular nowadays, people concentrate on the "friendship" part of its name: think about all of the good friends you have, or the kind of friends you want to make in the new year. Also, giving a loaf of thick, sugary quick bread is a great way to start or re-kindle a friendship!

When baking Amish Friendship Bread, talk about friends and why we have them. Maybe consider looking up a recipe and make a bunch of loaves to deliver to close friends and even family.

Recipes

Original Amish Friendship Bread - This recipe from Friendship Bread Kitchen has only 10 miutes fo prep time and can be customized for the Superstone® Covered Baker, and you can add 1 cup of dried fruit, nuts or baking chips of your choice.

Cinnamon-Sugar Amish Friendship Bread - This recipe takes 10 days of "squishing and mushing" the starter bag, then adding a few other ingredients and voila! Great for baking in our Set of 12 Baking Paper Mini Loaf Pans and given as gifts. Created by The Seasoned Mom.

Amish Sourdough Bread - another easy-to-make recipe by The Spruce Eats, considered to be one of the easiest sourdoughs to make, delicious as a side dish or for sandwiches, baked in the Superstone® La Cloche.

All of these ideas make great memories together. Don't let this New Year slip by without making more family memories in the kitchen!

Do you have any baking recipe tips or recipes to share with us this new year? Feel free to share them with us.