The Amish call it Friendship Bread. The recipe has been passed around for as long as I can remember. It begins with the starter that is a mixture of water, flour, sugar and yeast. If you are fortunate ...

During stay-at-home orders for COVID-19, so many people took up bread baking that there was a shortage of yeast. “USA Today” reported that along with toilet paper and disinfectants, flour, sugar and ...

While friendship bread took off in the United States in the 1980s, there is evidence that friendship cake — which was similarly made with a starter shared among friends — was baked as far back as the ...

Dear Lisa: I am presently trying the 10-day Amish Friendship Bread. It says not to refrigerate. How does the milk stay fresh? Why doesn't it make you sick? Sunday, my child and I will bake the bread.