Potato Bread from Idahoan® recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

84.9 calories
carbohydrate: 16.4 g
cholesterol: 2 mg
fat: 1 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 2.3 g
saturatedFat: 0.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 239.6 mg
sugar: 0.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. In a mixing bowl, combine warm water and yeast, let stand for several minutes.

  3. Stir in mashed potatoes, sugar, butter, and salt, mix well.

  4. Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough.

  5. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead 5-8 minutes, or until dough is smooth and elastic, adding flour as needed.

  6. Place dough in bowl, cover, and let rise 1 hour. Punch dough down, divide in half, and shape each half into a loaf.

  7. Place in 4 x 8 loaf pans, cover, and let rise 30-45 minutes, or until doubled.

  8. Bake 30-35 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.

Recipe Yield

2 loaves

Recipe Note

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.

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