Mush Bread

I turned into a happy homemaker last night. It was so cute that I could barely stand myself!

Picture this:

Me in my super cute kitchen, apron, baby blue Kitchen Aid mixer in the background.

Puppy following me around like a little black shadow.

I made the most delicious dinner in no more than 20 minutes.

Creamy orzo with marinated grape tomatoes and fresh basil. The combination of white wine vinegar and a hint of Dijon mustard with the creamy base was a thing of genius!

While this was all cooking, I started on my cake batter. My co-worker gave me the starter to something she called Mush Bread. I was a little worried. Turns out it is some sort of Amish bread. Somehow you get your hands on this super secret starter that only the Amish know how to make. Then you mush the starter for 5 days in a plastic Ziploc bag, on the 6th you mix in milk, flour and sugar. You mush for another 4 days.

If you can get past the fact that this bag full of flour and milk has been sitting out on your counter unrefrigerated for the last few days, you get to the point when,on the 10th day, you mix in some more eggs, milk, flour and sugar, etc. You separate that into 5 equal parts. They call it Friendship Bread because you keep one starter for yourself and give your friends the other 4. The cycle continues. If you add a box of instant vanilla pudding to the mix it changes the bread into more of a coffeecake, which is what I did.

It was delicious! The entire house smelled of cinnamon and sugar. I never, EVER bake, so this smell was something new to us all.

It was really nice to have Dave-o-licious walk in the back door after a long, hard day of work and have the house smelling of dinner and fresh bake goodness. Awww, to be a housewife....