Homemade Potato Bread Recipe
Creating homemade potato bread is not only a culinary adventure but also a rewarding experience that fills your home with the inviting aroma of freshly baked bread. Give it a try and savor the satisfaction of a job well done. This recipe will make two loaves.
Ingredients
- 6 cups bread flour
- 1 tbsp fine sea salt
- 2 tbsp instant yeast
- 2 cups hot water
- 1 cup mashed potatoes
- 2 tbsp honey
Instructions
- Set up mixer using a dough hook
- Put 4 cups of bread flour, salt and yeast into mixing bowl. Place salt on one side of bowl and yeast on the other side of bowl. Stir ingredients together.
- Add in the hot water, potatoes and honey. Use a spatula to mix and incorporate the flour before turning on mixer.
- Mix for 1 minute on #1 of your mixer. Turn speed up to #4. Mix with mixer for 10 to 15 minutes until you see strands forming in the dough.
- Stop mixing after strands form and add in the remaining 2 cups of bread flour. Stir the flour in with a spatula before turning mixer back on.Mix on #4 of mixer for 3-4 minutes. Your bread dough should be coming together. You want a firm but moist dough. Add in a tablespoon of flour at a time of dough is too wet.
- Transfer dough into a mixing bowl and cover with wax paper. Let the dough rise until it has doubled in size. Should take 1/2 hr to an hour.
- Turn dough onto a floured counter top and knead several times until the dough is smooth an doesn't stick. Add a bit of flour if needed.
- With a sharp knife, cut dough into two equal pieces. Shape each loaf into an oval. Put each loaf onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle some flour on top of each loaf if you like.
- Cover both loaves with wax paper and let rise until they have double in size.
- After they rise, carefully slash each loaf once or twice with a knife.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until the loaves are a nice golden brown. Insert a thermometer inside. Once it reads 190℉ the bread is done.
- Remove from oven and let bread cool completely.
