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Potato Bread

Photo Credit
Heike Rau/Shutterstock
Yield
Makes 2 loaves.
Category
Bread
Course
Breads
Preparation Method
Bake
Sources
Yankee Magazine
The Editors
November 12, 2021
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Plain mashed potatoes create a fantastic breakfast bread, just made for butter and jam. If you prefer your spuds enhanced with garlic, chives, blue cheese, or bacon, this recipe will give you a more flavorful bread, great for leftover turkey sandwiches.

Ingredients
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1-1/2 cups milk
1 cup leftover mashed potatoes, at room temperature
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon sugar or honey
2-1/4 teaspoon (1 packet) dry yeast
1/3 cup warm water (105° to 115°F) water
5 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions

In a saucepan, melt butter in milk. Let cool to room temperature.

In the bowl of a stand mixer with dough hook, combine milk mixture with mashed potatoes, salt, sugar, yeast, warm water, and flour and knead with dough hook for about 5 minutes, until you have a smooth and slightly glossy dough. Place into an oiled bowl. Cover with plastic or a clean, dry dish towel and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Oil two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Divide in half and knead three or four times. Shape each portion into a rectangle, about 9 inches long. Roll each one lengthwise into a log and place seam side down into its own loaf pan. Cover with plastic or a clean, dry dish towel and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375ºF.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until loaves sound hollow when tapped. Turn onto wire racks and let cool completely.

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Comments

Joanne (not verified)

6 years 6 months ago

I made this bread turned out delicious. But you have forgotten to add an important ingredient . You have us mix in everything but the flour. Lol

Eileen (not verified)

6 years 6 months ago

I don't own a stand mixer. Are there any alternatives?

You can certainly mix by hand, but you’ll need to really work at it. Once the dough comes together, knead on a lightly flour surface for several minutes.

Samantha Gray (not verified)

7 years 6 months ago

It would be helpful if OFA would add a feature permitting the reader to simply click and print recipes as so many other sites do. I can copy-paste (as I just did for the potato bread), but a simple click, which provides a succinct recipe with list and direction would be so much better. Thanks for reading this.

Nealaus (not verified)

7 years 6 months ago

There's a print button at the top of the page next to the facebook, twitter, etc. I use it all the time! :)

AllieP (not verified)

8 years 7 months ago

Do you use AP Flour or can I use Bread flour. Will either change the bread?

This recipe uses all-purpose flour. We will update the recipe to reflect this. You can replace with bread flour, if you prefer.

Dorothy caruana (not verified)

10 years ago

Hello l like this potato bread recipe but l have a problem what tip of flour can l use because l'm gluten free, can you help me.thank you

You can replace the flour with a gluten-free all purpose baking flour like the kind made by King Arthur Flour or Bob's Red Mill.