Comments on: Amish friendship almond cookies

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:56:04 +0000

you do not have to bake the starter every 10 days. Just when ever you want to. i also only feed it about 1/3 cup of each ingredient so i do not have to deal with as much.

By: Zlamushka

Zlamushka — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:17:32 +0000

You made almond cookies out of friendship bread ? That s just lovely

By: Manjula

Manjula — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:17:19 +0000

Thank You Shilpa. I received the starter you sent me and have been following the directions. I am totally exited about baking with this.
This is a very well written article with all the informations I need to know. All I need to do is go through all those links and get inspired by the different creative recipes.

Its amazing how you manage to bake a delicious almond cookie early morning and paint a colorful ‘Splendor of Autumn’ the same morning!!

By: Nupur

Nupur — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:42:39 +0000

Very novel way of using the starter, Shilpa! So what did these cookies taste like??

Shilpa: Nupur, Thanks a lot. They had a very strong taste of almonds. They were nothing like almond cookies in texture but taste wise they were similar.

By: Ashu

Ashu — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:26:11 +0000

Wow these cookies look delicious.. .i had got almond cookies recently.. but they tasted bitter..

looking at these cookies makes me want an oven…! can i try these in microwave ??

Shilpa: No idea Ashu . I will have to try using microwave for baking sometime, never used it.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:38:49 +0000

I used to make Chinese steam bun with home-made starter. A bit similar to the Amish starter, but different ingredients.

Anyway, what I learned from my instructor is, since it is so tedious to make the starter, we do not let it ‘dies’. Therefore one would save a portion for the next backing. To avoid the starter from ‘over-ripe’, we keep it in the refrigerator. When you are going to use the starter, bring it back to room temperature. Add flour and let it grow again. Then keep a portion for the next time and uses the rest for your baking.

The basic ingredients that I used for the starter is only flour and water. No yeast .. therefore you would have to figure out how to work with the Amish starter.

I would be interested to know the results.

By: pelicano

pelicano — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:46:55 +0000

Hey, those cookies look good! There are Amish people living in my state- they have shops to sell crafts and baked goodies like this. Once, on a train trip, I had the chance to talk with some of them for longer conversations. Very nice people, and glad to see you enjoyed making something.

I found a starter recipe, if anyone is interested.

By: Mishmash!

Mishmash! — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:34:07 +0000

Shilpa, thats a nice way to use it in cookies….btw, I happened to see the cake you made for Father’s Day, it was quite creative and beautiful with an Indian platter as theme…I know how much of effort has gone into it but also understand the satisfaction u felt. Good Job

Shn

By: Asha

Asha — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:00:29 +0000

That yummy Shilpa. Looks great:))

By: rokh

rokh — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:28:13 +0000

this is so sweet