Amish Friendship Bread

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Place all ingredients into a bowl and stir until mixture is creamy. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand in a warm place to ferment for 2 days. It will bubble and have a sour odor. After the second day, you start your Friendship Bread. Should have 1 cup of starter.

Take your 1 cup of starter: Day 1-2-3-4 stir each day. Day 5 add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Stir well and put in a larger container. Day 6-7-8-9 stir each day. Day 10 add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Stir and put 1 cup of mixture in a container. (This is your starter for next time you want bread.) Put a lid on the container. If you have 2 friends to give a starter, take 1 cup each and put in 2 other containers with lids and pass on to friends. If you only take out 1 cup of starter, you have enough to make 4 loaves of quick bread; if the 3 cups are taken out, you have only 2 cups of starter left and that only makes 2 loaves of bread.