Potato Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 peeled potatoes, cooked until tender, mash in their liquid to make potato water (you'll need to end up with approximately two cups of liquid)
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 6 -6 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 cool potato water to lukewarm.
• 2 dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of the liquid.
• 3 to the remaining liquid, add the shortening sugar and salt.
• 4 add the softened yeast and 1/2 cup of the flour.
• 5 beat; add remaining flour gradually.
• 6 turn out onto floured surface and knead until thoroughly elastic and no longer sticky (the dough should feel something like your ear lobe in texture).
• 7 place in a bowl, cover and let rise until doubled.
• 8 when doubled, divide into 2 parts, shape into loaves and place in greased loaf pans.
• 9 cover and let rise again until dough doubles in bulk.
• 10 bake in a preheated 375f oven for 45 minutes or until bread shrinks a little from the sides of the pan.