Italian Flatbread

swiz58's Note:

A great use for leftover mashed potatoes

• Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 2 hrs
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup mashed potatoes
• 1 cup water , warmed
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 ½ teaspoons yeast
• 3 cups flour (or more)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons olive oil

Topping

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• ½ cup parmesan cheese
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1⁄3; cup green onion , chopped

Directions:

1. Combine potatoes and warm water.
2. Stir in honey and yeast.
3. Let stand 15 minutes.
4. Stir in one cup of flour.
5. Blend in salt and oil.
6. Beat in remaining flour to make a soft dough.
7. Knead until smooth and elastic.
8. Allow to rise one hour.
9. Punch down and add flour if sticky.
10. Rest 10 minutes.
11. Roll dough into 12X15 rectangle.
12. Place on greased cookie sheet.
13. Poke holes in dough.
14. Combine oil and garlic for topping.
15. Brush over bread.
16. Combine rest of ingredients.
17. Sprinkle over dough.
18. Let dough rise for 30 minutes.
19. Bake at 450* for 15 minutes.

Reviews

[adopt a greyhound]

Wonderful bread for an Italian meal. Loved all the spices in the topping. Easy to do but such a great bread. Served with roasted lemon herb shrimp and spaghetti.

[LonghornMama]

Easy and delicious! A great last minute addition to dinner. I was lazy and omitted the green onions. BTW, I keep one cup portions of leftover mashed potatoes in the freezer to use for potato breads. Works great. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[Zezzilynn]

Wow, this bread was DELICIOUS! I am a sucker for making my own bread, and this has become one of my new favorites. I usually am not the first to try recipes on here, but was searching for a good recipe using my leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving, and am so glad I tried this one!! I pretty much stuck to the recipe exactly, except used 1/3 CUP green onion rather than 1/3 green onion (don't know if that was intentional on the authors part but 1/3 cup worked great). This is definitely a new keeper for my leftover mashed potatoes! That is, when I have the time to make it...