Oat And Potato Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 large potato
• 140 ml warm water, from cooking potatoes
• 280 ml milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil
• 700 g flour
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 150 g rolled oats

Recipe

• 1 cook potato in enough water to cover.
• 2 drain, retaining the water.
• 3 measure 140 ml of potato water into a small bowl and set aside to cool to lukewarm. don't discard the rest of the potato water - to this add the oats to soften.
• 4 mash the potato well with a little of the milk.
• 5 when the potato water in the small bowl has cooled to lukewarm, add the yeast. set this aside until it has a good frothy "head".
• 6 mix remainder of milk and oil together.
• 7 sift flour and salt into large bowl and make a well in centre.
• 8 add the milk and oil, the mashed potato, frothy yeast, and the softened oats.
• 9 mix well and knead until smooth and elastic - more flour may be needed but try to keep the dough as soft as possible.
• 10 set aside to rise until double in size.
• 11 knock back and knead very lightly.
• 12 allow to rise a further 30 minutes and then divide into three and form into cob loaves.
• 13 glaze with beaten egg and sprinkle with your choice of topping. i use either sesame seeds, poppy seeds or oats.
• 14 bake 220 celsius for about 40 minutes.