Mashed Potato Bread

This is one of my favorite ways to use up a little bit of leftover mashed potatoes. The potatoes make the bread very soft and moist.

• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
• 1 tbsp. dry yeast
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 cups unbleached flour

I made my mashed potatoes with unpeeled potatoes and the bread turned out just fine.Heat milk and butter in a small saucepan until butter melts. Stir in mashed potatoes. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water.

In a mixing bowl, blend milk mixture, yeast mixture, sugar, salt, and egg. Add whole wheat flour, one cup at a time. Stir in enough white flour to make a soft, kneadable dough. Knead dough for 10 minutes.

Let rise in a greased bowl covered with plastic wrap until doubled in size. Punch down and form into 2 loaves. Put into loaf pan, cover with plastic wroap, and let rise.

Bake in 375 oven for 45 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

Comments

[Kim from Hiraeth]

I've been on a bread baking kick for a month or so. I will DEFINITELY make this soon. I'd make it now if I had leftover mashed potatoes. . .

[Chris]

I'm sorry but I have never heard of this ingredient, left over mashed potatoes. ;)

[rebecca]

Heh. I've got no comeback to that one!

[Kim from Hiraeth]

Bread is rising in a greased bowl. do you think I could shape one of the loaves into dinner rolls instead? Shoot me an email if you get this (it's almost 1:30 pm CT right now)

If I don't hear from you, I may go ahead and try it on my own--or chicken out. . .

heheheh

[Kim from Hiraeth]

Chickened out; two loaves rising. Can't wait to smell them baking.

[rebecca]

Let me know how they turn out.