A couple of nights ago we watched the Super Bowl on TV. I won’t get into a fan argument here since I could not have cared less that it was on other than I made the munchie food one must ingest during football time. Since we live about 30 minutes from where the Indianapolis Colts play, and there was a big controversy over deflated balls, there is little need to say that day my brood was rooting for the Seahawks.
I had made potato skins as one of the snacks and had a lot of the middle of the potato left over. The next day I put those leftover potatoes to use. I decided to come up with a new bread recipe in homage to what the leftover potatoes’ predecessors were used for. We can’t forget where we came from, now can we? This called for a manly, hearty bread… a fist-pumping, yell-at-the-tv, jump-up-and-down-when-your-team-scores bread. The only thing I think I missed was to slap a mug of frosty ale and a bowl of beer nuts next to the bread when I took the pictures.
To be fair, I think the bread is a non-drinker and doesn’t care much for nuts. Now that I think about it, it could also pass as a strong-female bread; Rosie the Riveter bread.
Consider pairing these biscuits with homemade chicken noodle soup!
Potato Bread
Ingredients
Bread
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast one package
- 2 cups mashed potatoes leftovers work
- 2 eggs
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Crust Seasoning
- 2 tsp coarse salt
- 1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tsp parmesan cheese grated
- 1/2 tsp white sugar optional
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp water
Instructions
Bread
- Preheat oven to the lowest temp it will allow. Mine is 170 degrees. Turn oven off.
- In a bowl heat milk to just slightly above room temperature (I heat mine in a glass measuring cup in the microwave for about 1 minute 15 seconds).
- Into the warm milk, add the yeast and white sugar. Stir until dissolved. Allow the yeast mixture to proof (bubbles or foams) for 5-10 minutes.
- In your mixing bowl combine the flour, potatoes, yeast mixture, butter, and salt.
- Mix for 5-10 minutes with the dough hook if you own a stand mixer, or hand beat until and knead until the is a thoroughly combined and is a bit elastic.
- Split the dough into halves and form roughly into the shape of your loaf pans. Place each half into a greased loaf pan (e.g. cooking spray or butter).
- Place both loaf pans containing the dough in the warm oven (turned off) for at least an hour, to rise until double in size.
- While the dough is rising, make the crust seasoning.
Crust Seasoning
- Separate the egg white from the yolk (discard yolk or save for another use).
- Combine egg white and water; whisk until combined.
- Once the dough is double in size, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Using a pastry brush, gently apply the egg white mixture to the top of the bread (be careful not to make it fall).
- Continuing to be careful, apply the herb paste to the dough.
- Bake the loaves in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until the top is crusty brown.
Notes
p.s. Despite how awesome I might appear online, mistakes happen. If you happen to spot one on this recipe, save your fellow cooks a disaster and let me know by using the contact form.
