Rosemary gives this Rosemary Lemon Olive Oil Amish Friendship Bread a fresh green flavor while the lemon offers a refreshing citrus boost!
This recipe yields a lovely and wonderfully moist cake. Add 1 tablespoon flax meal to boost the fiber and nutritional value of the bread.
We used lemon pudding but if you’d like a less yellow cake, we’d recommend using 1 box vanilla pudding, eliminate the vanilla extract, and boost the lemon extract to 1 teaspoon.
One batch yielded one single-layer cake, four mini Bundt cakes, and one small loaf. For the mini cakes and loaves, reduce cooking time by 20 minutes and test for doneness.
We tested this recipe in a convection oven and reduced the baking temperature to 325° F and tested for doneness 10-15 minutes earlier than usual.
This bread makes a great snack or gift. Wrap up a loaf of this moist, citrusy bread to give to a friend or co-worker!
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Rosemary Lemon Olive Oil Amish Friendship Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoon lemon extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons lemon rind grated
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary chopped
- 1 box instant lemon pudding
- 1 tablespoon flax meal optional
- Easy Lemon Drizzle
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C).
- In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients as listed.
- Grease two large loaf pans.
- Dust the greased pans with flour.
- Pour the batter evenly into loaf or cake pans.
- Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Drizzle with Easy Lemon Drizzle and garnish with a sprig of rosemary or lemon rind.
- ENJOY!
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Love this recipe. Wondering if there is a version without the starter. Have a friend who loved the bread but doesn’t want to mess with the starter.
I am eager try this bread, but is there any way to substitute the pudding mix in so many recipes? We have severe family food allergy issues with additives and preservatives in packaged mixes.
Hi Peggy — you can actually just leave it out (or make your own from scratch — we have several recipes on the website). This post should help: https://www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com/faq-why-do-i-need-to-use-instant-pudding-in-my-amish-friendship-bread/. 🙂
I’d like to try making this for my family. It sounds really good and something different!
This sounds totally yummy!! I can’t wait to try making it gluten and dairy free 🙂 I’ll let you know.
Love photo gallery!!!! Recipe looks delicious 🙂 surely would try it out and let you know how it goes.
You’re site is awesome. However, I would like to know why I had to print SEVEN pages of unnecssary things to get a recipe I wanted. Could that be changed?
Thanks. 🙂
Hi Kaye! I know, we’re working on it — limitations with the theme. Many of the recipes have printable PDF’s and we’ll get this all optimized soon.
UPDATE 12/1/12: New printing feature installed!
I just found your website it is amazing.