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I failed to take a picture of the sliced bread, but just make it! It's the best!
Ingredients:
1.5 lbs peeled and quartered russet potatoes boiled until soft and fully cooled and dry (drained)
4 teaspoons salt (it seems like a lot, but it is right)
1/2 warm potato cooking water (we want that starch)
1 tablespoon active dry yeast, I like SAF Yeast
2 tablespoon olive oil
4 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (5oz equals about a cup)
1. Let the yeast bloom in the potato water.
2. Mash the potatoes until smooth, add the olive oil and the yeast mixture.
3. Mix in the flour and salt. The recipe assured me that the dough would be dry at first. Was it ever! It will soften up and get wonderfully smooth the more you knead it. Don't believe me? Try it! Knead for about ten minutes after the dough begins to look uniform.
4. Let the bread rise at room temp for 20 to 30 minutes until it doubles in size.
5. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. I used a baking stone in the bottom rack as the recipe outlined.
6. Divide the dough and roll it into the above shape. (see the recipe book Baking with Julia for more detail). After shaping, let the bread rise for 20 minutes.
7. Spray the oven down with water, and bake the bread for 40 to 50 minutes.
This bread is GOOD!
1 tablespoon active dry yeast, I like SAF Yeast
2 tablespoon olive oil
4 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (5oz equals about a cup)
1. Let the yeast bloom in the potato water.
2. Mash the potatoes until smooth, add the olive oil and the yeast mixture.
3. Mix in the flour and salt. The recipe assured me that the dough would be dry at first. Was it ever! It will soften up and get wonderfully smooth the more you knead it. Don't believe me? Try it! Knead for about ten minutes after the dough begins to look uniform.
4. Let the bread rise at room temp for 20 to 30 minutes until it doubles in size.
5. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. I used a baking stone in the bottom rack as the recipe outlined.
6. Divide the dough and roll it into the above shape. (see the recipe book Baking with Julia for more detail). After shaping, let the bread rise for 20 minutes.
7. Spray the oven down with water, and bake the bread for 40 to 50 minutes.
This bread is GOOD!
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4 comments:
Hi,
I am allergic to gluten (flour and so on), could you tell me if the flour influences the taste drastically? If you would do this I could replace it with an alternative that tastes similar.
Maybe this is a stupid question but I would love to recreate your recipe but I want to make it right.
By the way I am from germany and love your blog.
Betty
Betty,
I'm so excited you like my blog!
The potato bread would very likely be changed by the lack of gluten. I will have to do some experimenting to find a good flour blend that will retain much of the original texture and taste.
It's good to know I have a gluten-free fan. I'll try and post more g-free recipes as soon as I get my silly camera issue sorted.
Many happy meals,
Rebecca
is that 1/2 a cup of the potato water?
Indeed it is. The starch from the potato water helps the bread. Thanks for reading my blog!! I know Betty484 wants more gluten free recipes (I'll try and do better!). What would you like to see?
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