Potato Bread

Name: Potato Bread
Ingredients: 3 peeled potatoes, cooked until tender, mash in their liquid to make potato water (you'll need to end up with approximately two cups of liquid); 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast; 2 tablespoons shortening; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon salt; 6 - 6 1/2 cups flour

6 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

3 peeled potatoes, cooked until tender, mash in their liquid to make potato water (you'll need to end up with approximately two cups of liquid)
1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
2 tablespoons shortening
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
6 - 6 1/2 cups flour

Directions

1

Cool potato water to lukewarm.
2

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of the liquid.
3

To the remaining liquid, add the shortening sugar and salt.
4

Add the softened yeast and 1/2 cup of the flour.
5

Beat; add remaining flour gradually.
6

Turn out onto floured surface and knead until thoroughly elastic and no longer sticky (the dough should feel something like your ear lobe in texture).
7

Place in a bowl, cover and let rise until doubled.
8

When doubled, divide into 2 parts, shape into loaves and place in greased loaf pans.
9

Cover and let rise again until dough doubles in bulk.
10

Bake in a preheated 375F oven for 45 minutes or until bread shrinks a little from the sides of the pan.