Whole Wheat Potato Bread
A homemade bread recipe for Whole Wheat Potato Bread.
AmericanOtherEasy15 minBy Northstar
Ingredients
Servings
4
- 8 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tbsp salt
- 4 tbsp sugar, honey or molasses
- 4 tbsp melted shortening or oil
- dry yeast, dissolved in
- 1/
- 2 cup warm water
- potato, boiled until mealy in
- 2 cup water
Instructions
- 1
Mash or beat the cooked potato in the cooking water until smooth. Add 1 3/4 cups cold water to this mixture, and allow to cool to lukewarm. Add the yeast mixture and shortening. Mix in half the flour, and make sure it's mixed throughly. Cover and allow to double in size. Add the salt and 3 more cups of flour, or enough to allow hand kneading. The mixture will be quite soft. Turn out on a board and knead until it's smooth and stretchy. Let the dough rest on a greased surface for 15 to 20 minutes. Knead again and shape loaves. If you use tin cans, fill them half full. Let rise till doubled, bake at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes.
Tags
granny-white-bread