Potato Bread (using instant potato and dry milk)
Per serving
This is a measured variation of a Nanny Stackhouse recipe. She made 9-12 loaves of this delicious bread every Saturday to give away to family and friends. The Monticello Grange sure misses her cooking!
Ingredients
Step-by-step instructions
- 1
Mix potato flakes and water to make 2/3 c.
- 2
mashed potato Place in a large bowl.
- 3
Stir in next four ingredients (hot water, shortening, salt and sugar) Set aside to cool.
- 4
Stir yeast into ½ c.lukewarm water.
- 5
When potato mixture is cooled to lukewarm, add yeast mixture.
- 6
Add dry milk/flour mixture to potato mixture and beat well.
- 7
Add 2 cups of flour beat until smooth.
- 8
Add 2 more c. flour.
- 9
Beat until smooth.
- 10
Place about 1 c. of flour on your bread board.
- 11
Turn out dough on floured board and knead for 5 minutes.
- 12
Add more flour as needed.
- 13
Oil a bowl and place kneaded dough in it.
- 14
Brush top of dough with a bit more oil.
- 15
Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled.
- 16
Punch down and halve dough.
- 17
Knead each half on floured board and form into two (three) loaf shapes.
- 18
Grease two 5x9 loaf pans (or 3- 4x9 pans) Place dough in pans.
- 19
Brush tops with oil.
- 20
Let rise until doubled.
- 21
Preheat oven to 400F Bake for 30-40 minutes.
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