Potato Bread

Ingredients

• One cup of warm water (One hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit)
• One cup yeast or half a cup of active dry yeast
• Six moderate sized potatoes
• Two teaspoons of kosher salt
• 
  Six cups of flour

Directions

1. 
   Skin all potatoes.
2. Boil potatoes in a pot until extremely tender. Then strain them in a strainer, mash them, and set aside to cool.
3. Add yeast to the water and let it sit for 10 minutes.
4. Mix yeast and water mixture into the mashed potatoes.
5. Slowly add flour, 1/2 a cup at a time, and mix together. (use a mixer for the first
   part).*After 2 cups swap to using your hands to mix the flour in. Cover hands in flour before*
6. After mixing cover and let it sit for 2 hours.
7. Preheat oven to 350℉.
8. Press dough down and knead a couple times.
9. Cut bread into even amounts, rub olive oil on bread, and place into cooking pans (this based on the size of the pans you wish to use).
10. Place the bread(s) into the oven for 35-55 minutes.
11. Remove the bread and let it rest for 15 minutes.
12. Cut into slices and enjoy!

—Christian Women's Exchange

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Nathan Compton
Louisiana Anthology
March 25, 2022