Potato Bread Recipe

• 1 baking Potato (peeled and cut into large chunks), or 1 cup leftover mashed Potatoes
• 1 cup Milk
• 1½ tbsp Lard
• 1½ tbsp Unsalted Butter
• 1½ tsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Granulated Sugar
• 1 tbsp Dry Yeast
• 1/3 cup Warm Water
• 5 cups Bread Flour

• Boil potato until tender.
• Reserve the cooking liquid and smash the potato.
• Combine the scald milk with 1/2 cup reserved cooking liquid.
• Mix liquids and potato with lard, butter, salt, and sugar in a small bowl. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
• In the meantime, combine yeast and warm water. Set aside until foamy.
• Add the yeast mixture to the cooled potato mixture.
• Add flour and knead to make smooth dough with hand or in a mixer.
• Shift into a bowl (coated with butter) and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm place to rise for about half hour. Knead the dough for a while.
• Take a butter-coated pan and place the dough in it. Cover with plastic again and let rise until doubled, for about 45 minutes.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 minutes.