Potato Bread Recipe

Homemade potato bread is one of the most amazing things you can pull out of your oven.

These bread loaves are light and fluffy and full of delicate flavor that is comforting and light.

This is a recipe you’ll want to turn to again and again for it’s simplicity and versatility.

Humble Ingredients

As is generally true with homemade bread , the simplest ingredients combine into something incredibly delightful. There’s nothing fancy here but yet it feels magical and is the kind of bread most folks enjoy with dinner or for toast.

Use a type of potato that is starchy – a russet is perfect. That starch is important in both the potato and cooking water.

This can easily be a sandwich bread if the filling is soft. This is not the ideal bread for things like salami in my opinion. It’s great for peanut butter or jelly or even egg salad.

Some Equipment is Helpful

While I’m of the opinion that we don’t need anything but our hands to make bread, a stand mixer with a dough hook is extremely helpful here. The bread dough is quite sticky and while one could knead by hand, be prepared for that stickiness.

Using a dough hook to do the bulk of the kneading will help prevent adding too much flour to the dough. It also means it will come together will minimal effort. Kneading by hand will lead to a temptation to add more flour to prevent the stickiness and then changing the texture of the bread.

A bread machine could likely be used for the same purpose but I don’t have enough experience with the machines to say for certain.

A very sharp knife is ideal here. A serrated knife is an absolute must, otherwise the bread will just be smashed and not sliced because of its airy texture.

Plenty of Options

The basic recipe is amazing and perfect. It’s simple and easy and has a multitude of uses.

However, the recipe can easily be switched up for different flavors.

• Add 4 or so minced garlic cloves to the dough.
• Toss in some finely chopped herbs a 1/2 cup or so. Think chives, rosemary, sage, etc.
• Some chopped olives would be lovely.
• Add a cup or more of your favorite shredded cheese.

Substitutions

All purpose flour could be used instead of bread flour. The texture will change just slightly but not enough to fret over.

Margarine and powdered soy milk could be used to keep it vegan.

How to Freeze

This a perfect recipe for making ahead and freezing.

Simply place baked and cooled loaf of bread in an airtight container and freeze.

Let thaw at room temperature to serve.

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