Great recipe for a novice. I used the 1/4 cup sugar variant & the bread was great. On my 2nd attempt I modified it into Oatmeal bread by substituting 2 cups of Old Fashioned Oatmeal for 2 of the 6 cups of flour. I split the water 1 cup to proof the yeast and 1 cup to moisten the oat meal. After

I was a bit anxious breaking away from my breadmaker's recipe book, but am so glad that I did! This bread couldn't be simpler to make, and it turned out wonderfully! A versatile, tasty white bread.

------------------------------BREAD STARTER------------------------------- 1 c Flour 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Warm water 1 tb Yeast ---------------------------COFFEE CAKE BATTER----------------------------- 2/3 c Oil 1 1/4 ts Baking powder 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 ts Salt 1 c Sugar 3 Eggs 2 c Flour 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2

1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select White Bread cycle; press Start. 2. When the dough has raised once and second cycle of kneading begins, turn machine off. Reset by pressing Start once again. This gives the dough two full raising

MAKES 20 SLICES Starter: 2-1/2 cups flour, divided 2-1/2 cups sugar, divided 2-1/2 cups milk, divided Cinnamon bread: 1 cup canola oil 1/2 cup milk 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups flour 1 cup plus 4 teaspoons sugar, divided 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3 teaspoons cinnamon, divided 1/2

Amish White Bread recipe from GroupRecipes.com. Got this from Recipezaar who got it from an old Amish Cookbook. Tried it