Mashed potato bread recipe

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There is no food in this world that is as comforting to me as fresh, homemade bread. Even the scent of it rising and baking in the oven makes everything in the world seems right.

Potato bread is a star among sliced breads. It’s like white bread but better. Fluffier, softer, richer, a little deeper in color—potato bread is a stunner.

Slice it and slather with butter, toast it, or use it to make sandwiches.

How to make irish potato bread

The secret to potato bread? POTATOES! (You knew that.) We start with russet potatoes—the baking potato. Russets have a lot of starch and starch is the magic that helps with rise, texture, and structure in bread.

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We’re also upping the starch ante by using potato water.

Simply strain the water used to cook the potatoes. Voila! Potato water!

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Mash those potatoes really well. Big lumps need not apply. As they cool, that steam will escape and they’ll dry a bit. That’s a good thing because we already have our reserved potato water.

It’s important to let the water and potatoes cool to lukewarm before using so as not to kill the yea

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