Potato Bread Prepared With Scalded Milk Recipe
Ingredients
| Milk | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), scalded | |
| 1/4 cup shortening, butter, or margarine | ||
| Sugar | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Salt | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Warm water | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Active dry yeast | 2 | |
| 1 1/2 cups lukewarm, riced, cooked, unseasoned potatoes | ||
| 1/2 cup lukewarm potato cooking water | ||
| Flour | 5 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), sifted | |
Directions
Mix milk, shortening, sugar, and salt; cool to lukewarm.
Pour water into a warm large bowl, sprinkle in yeast, and stir to dissolve.
Add cooled mixture, potatoes, potato cooking water, and about 2 cups flour; beat until smooth.
Mix in enough remaining flour to make a firm dough that leaves the sides of bowl clean.
Knead on a lightly floured board until elastic, about 10 minutes.
Shape into a ball, place in a greased bowl, turning to grease all over.
Cover with cloth and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until double in bulk, about 1 hour.
Punch down, cover, and let rise again.
Punch down once more and knead lightly 1-2 minutes.
Divide dough in half, shape into 2 loaves, and place in greased 9"x5"x3" loaf pans.
Cover and let rise until almost doubled in bulk.
Toward end of rising, preheat oven to 400° F.
Bake loaves 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350° F. and bake 30-35 minutes longer until well browned and hollow sounding when tapped.
Turn out and cool upright on a wire rack before cutting.
Pour water into a warm large bowl, sprinkle in yeast, and stir to dissolve.
Add cooled mixture, potatoes, potato cooking water, and about 2 cups flour; beat until smooth.
Mix in enough remaining flour to make a firm dough that leaves the sides of bowl clean.
Knead on a lightly floured board until elastic, about 10 minutes.
Shape into a ball, place in a greased bowl, turning to grease all over.
Cover with cloth and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until double in bulk, about 1 hour.
Punch down, cover, and let rise again.
Punch down once more and knead lightly 1-2 minutes.
Divide dough in half, shape into 2 loaves, and place in greased 9"x5"x3" loaf pans.
Cover and let rise until almost doubled in bulk.
Toward end of rising, preheat oven to 400° F.
Bake loaves 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350° F. and bake 30-35 minutes longer until well browned and hollow sounding when tapped.
Turn out and cool upright on a wire rack before cutting.
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