garlic potato bread

chia's Note:

this bread makes great grilled cheese sandwiches, and tastes great with melted butter

• Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 lb loaf

• 1 ¼ cups water
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 egg
• 4 cups bread flour
• 2⁄3; cup instant mashed potatoes (from a box)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼-½ teaspoon garlic powder , to taste
• 2 teaspoons yeast

Directions:

1. add all ingredients to bread machine, in this order.
2. cook on basic cycle.
3. note---- if you're going to make a smaller loaf you need an extra 1/4 tsp of yeast.

Reviews

[Barb Gertz]

REALLY a great loaf of Bread, Tasty, good texture a nice big loaf. Made this for company, was enjoyed by all. The recipe is a KEEPER, Thanks Chia.

[jonsbeka]

This bread was amazing! I made it by hand and did a few things differently according to what I had on hand. First I put the warm water and yeast in a large bowl. I then added all the rest of the ingredients, but only about half the flour. I used all purpose flour, real mashed potatoes and garlic salt instead of salt and garlic powder. I added enough flour to make it really soft and pliable, kneaded for about 6-8 minutes, and let it rise covered with plastic wrap for 1 hour. Punched it down, shaped it into two loaves and let it rise another 35 minutes till doubled. Then baked it at 375 for 25 minutes. Best bread I've had in a long time, and it did indeed make fantastic grilled cheese sandwiches. I'm making my second batch tonight for more grilled cheese :)

[najwa]

An excellent loaf of bread! I used fresh mashed potatoes and 1 clove of garlic, which worked fine .. I love potato bread, the bread texture is great and it also rises very high .. thank you!!