Potato Bread
Potato bread so flavorful that you can eat it by itself. It also tastes excellent toasted or eaten with a creamy soup.
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
Alternatively, you may remove the bread a few minutes before it’s done baking and apply the egg white mixture and herb paste, then continue baking until done.
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