Soft Potato Bread from Mashed Potatoes

This is a wonderful way to use up leftover mashed potatoes and turn them into a soft, homemade loaf of bread.

If you prefer rolls instead of bread, check out my Potato Rolls recipe.

Ingredients

• 250 ml warm milk

• 7 g dry yeast

• 530 g white bread flour

• 1 teaspoon salt

• ½ teaspoon sugar

• 5 tablespoons melted butter

• 250 g mashed potatoes

Method

1. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Place the milk and yeast in a large mixing bowl and set aside for 5 minutes or until frothy. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Using your hands, mix for 10 minutes or until you have a smooth, elastic dough.

2. Transfer to the greased mixing bowl, cover with a clean tea towel and then leave in a warm place for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.

3. Place on a floured work surface and knead to knock it back. Flatten the dough with a rolling pin. Divide into two and roll into loaves. Lift onto the prepared baking trays and set aside for 15 minutes to rise. Preheat the oven to 190 C.

4. Bake for 30 minutes or until they are golden and sound hollow when tapped on the bases. Cool on wire rack, then serve.

Hleb od Pire Krompira

Odličan način kako iskoristiti preostali pire krompir! A ako želite da od istog tjesta napravite pogačice umesto hleba, pogledajte recept za pogačice od krompira.

Sastojci

(m.k. = mala kašika)

• 250 ml toplog mleka

• 7 g suve germe

• 530 g brašna

• 1 m.k. soli

• ½ m.k. šećera

• 5 kašika otopljenog maslaca

• 250 g pire krompira

Priprema

1. Od potrebne količine mleka odvojite 50 ml, sipajte u šolju, dodajte šećer i germu. Promešajte i ostavite na toplom nekoliko minuta, dok se germa ne aktivira i zapjeni.

2. Brašno prosijati u veću posudu. Dodati so, maslac, pire krompir i nadošlu germu. Postepeno dodavati preostalo toplo mleko i zamesiti glatko tjesto. Prekriti čistom kuhinjskom krpom ili prozirnom folijom i ostaviti na toplom mestu da raste.

3. U međuvremenu pripremiti dva pleha obložena papirom za pečenje. Kada je tjesto nadošlo, prebaciti ga na pobrašnjenu radnu površinu. Samo ga blago premesiti, podeliti na dva jednaka dela i oblikovati vekne. Pokriti

kuhinjskom krpom i ostavite da odmore dok se rerna zagreje na 180°C.

4. Vekne zasećite nožem nekoliko puta. Pecite oko 35 minuta, ili dok hleb lepo zarumeni.