Hi all,
I am trying to make my baking more healthy, but this is a new idea for me so I need some help.
My friend gave me some amish friendship bread starter and after trying her loaf I noticed it was REALLY sweet. Since the starter has sugar in it already I'd like an opinion on cutting out most of the sugar in the dry ingredients portion (or possibly subsitute a ripe banana, I'm fine with amish friendship banana bread =P). I'm not really a fan of using sugar substitutes like Splenda and would rather use natural ingredients like fruit to sweeten my baked goods.
Also, I assume the receipe just calls for regular white flour, but can someone recommend a different flour to make the bread more nutritious?
Recipe below (from the armchair website):
1 cup live yeast starter
day 1: Do nothing with the starter. days 2-5: Stir with a wooden spoon. day 6: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Stir with a wooden spoon. days 7-9: Stir with a wooden spoon. Day 10: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Stir. Take out 3 cups and place 1 cup each into three separate plastic containers. Give one cup and a copy of this recipe to three friends. To the balance (a little over one cup) of the batter, add the following ingredients and mix well.
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 - (5.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
I am trying to make my baking more healthy, but this is a new idea for me so I need some help.
My friend gave me some amish friendship bread starter and after trying her loaf I noticed it was REALLY sweet. Since the starter has sugar in it already I'd like an opinion on cutting out most of the sugar in the dry ingredients portion (or possibly subsitute a ripe banana, I'm fine with amish friendship banana bread =P). I'm not really a fan of using sugar substitutes like Splenda and would rather use natural ingredients like fruit to sweeten my baked goods.
Also, I assume the receipe just calls for regular white flour, but can someone recommend a different flour to make the bread more nutritious?
Recipe below (from the armchair website):
1 cup live yeast starter
day 1: Do nothing with the starter. days 2-5: Stir with a wooden spoon. day 6: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Stir with a wooden spoon. days 7-9: Stir with a wooden spoon. Day 10: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Stir. Take out 3 cups and place 1 cup each into three separate plastic containers. Give one cup and a copy of this recipe to three friends. To the balance (a little over one cup) of the batter, add the following ingredients and mix well.
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
In a separate bowl combine the following dry ingredients and mix well:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 - (5.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix and pour into two well greased and sugared bread pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.