GRIT Country Skills Series

Basic White Potato Bread

Ingredients

• 6 cups bread flour, divided, plus more in reserve
• 1 tbsp fine sea salt
• 2 tbsp instant yeast
• 2 cups very hot water
• 1 cup mashed potato
• 1 tbsp honey (optional)
• 1 tbsp oil (optional)

My grandmother taught me that when making mashed potatoes, you should cook one potato per person and one more “for the pot” — but I usually add more.

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