Potato Bread (kartoflany Chleb)

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup potato water
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 8 cups flour
• 3 eggs, slghtly beaten
• 1 cup mashed potatoes
• 1 cup golden raisin (optional)

Recipe

• 1 scald milk and potato water.
• 2 add butter, salt and sugar.
• 3 let stand until lukewarm.
• 4 sprinkle warm water over yeast.
• 5 let stand to make sponge.
• 6 put 4 cups flour in large bowl.
• 7 add milk mixture, eggs, mashed potatos, raisins and yeast.
• 8 beat until smooth.
• 9 add remaining flour. knead 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
• 10 place in greased bowl; turn greased side up.
• 11 cover. let rise until double (about 1 1/2-2 hrs.).
• 12 punch dough down. divide in half. shape into 2 loaves. place each into a greased baking pan. cover. let rise until almost doubled - about 45 minutes.
• 13 bake in a 350 degree oven until golden brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
• 14 cool on wire rack, laying loaf on it's side.
• 15 just before removing from pans, brush tops with melted butter.
• 16 makes 2 (9 by 5") loaves or 10 mini loaves.