Description
If you’ve ever tried potato bread, you know that the addition of mashed potatoes makes for some nice, soft bread and, unlike a lot of homemade breads, these loaves stay soft for a surprising number of days.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Idahoan® Original Mashed Potatoes*
- 1 ½ cups warm water
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast**
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted, cooled butter or oil
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl
- combine warm water and yeast; let stand for several minutes.
- Stir in mashed potatoes
- sugar
- butter
- and salt; mix well.
- Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough.
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead 5-8 minutes
- or until dough is smooth and elastic
- adding flour as needed.
- Place dough in bowl
- cover
- and let rise 1 hour. Punch dough down
- divide in half
- and shape each half into a loaf.
- Place in 4 x 8 loaf pans
- cover
- and let rise 30-45 minutes
- or until doubled.
- Bake 30-35 minutes
- or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs
Servings: 30