Old Fashioned Potato Bread Recipes

BEST POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Place potato and 1-1/2 cups water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until very tender. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup liquid. Mash potatoes (without added milk or butter); set aside. , In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the milk, butter, sugar, salt, 4 cups flour, potatoes and reserved cooking liquid; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into loaves. Place in two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Preheat oven to 375°. Sprinkle lightly with additional flour. Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

OLD FASHIONED POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Scald milk. Add sugar, butter, salt and mashed potatoes Cool to lukewarm (about 110 degrees).
• 2. Meanwhile, dissolve yeast in lukewarm water. Add to the cooled milk mixture.
• 3. Add whole wheat flour and 1 cup white flour. Beat 2 minutes with mixer. Stir in 6 to 7 more cups of flour until dough leaves sides of bowl.
• 4. Turn onto lightly floured surface. Knead gently until dough forms a smooth ball.
• 5. Place in a greased bowl. Turn once to grease top of dough. Cover and let rise in a warm place and let rise again until double.
• 6. Turn onto floured surface and divide dough into 3 equal parts. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Form into 3 loaves and place in greased bread pans.
• 7. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. remove from pans and place on rack to cool.

GRANNY'S SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Wrap sweet potato in aluminum foil.
• Bake sweet potato in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Set aside to cool.
• Whisk white sugar and canola oil together in a bowl. Add eggs; mix well. Sift flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg into sugar mixture. Slowly whisk water into flour-sugar mixture until incorporated.
• Peel sweet potato; mash into the batter. Fold in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• Reduce oven temperature to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Heat brown sugar and butter in a small saucepan over low heat until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Pour glaze over bread.

OLD FASHIONED POTATO BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• 1. Combine potato and water in a small saucepan. Simmer, covered, until the potato is tender, abut 10 minutes;slip off the peels. Mash or puree the potatoe with its water (do not drain; you want the water). Pour the potato-water mixture into a 2 cup glass measuring cup and add additional water to make 1 2/3 cups. Cool to room temperature.
• 2. Place all the ingredients in order specified by the manufacturer of your machine; adding the potato mixture with the liquid ingredients. Set crust to medium and program for the Basic cycle. This recipe will not work with the Delay Timer function. Immediately remove bread from the bread pan and place it on a rack. Let cool to room temperature before slicing. Yeild 1 (2 lb) loaf.

OLD-FASHIONED POTATO BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Combine the potato and water in a small saucepan; simmer, covered, until the potato is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Slip off the peels; mash or puree the potato with its water (do not drain, you want the water).
• Pour the potato-water mixture into a 2-cup glass measuring cup and add additional water to make 1 1/3 cup; cool to room temperature.
• Place all the ingredients in the pan according to the order in the manufacturer's instructions, adding the potato mixture with the liquid ingredients.
• Set crust on medium and program for the Basic cycle; press Start.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a rack.
• Let cool to room temperature before slicing.