Walnuts and Potatoes Bread

awalde's Note:

Enjoy this bread with cheese!

• Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 4 hrs
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 6 breads

• 3 cups whole wheat self-rising flour (or 4 grain bread flour)
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup potato flakes (for mashed potatoes)
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon fresh yeast
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

Directions:

1. Mix all the ingredients (excepting walnuts) with a food processor for about 5 minutes.
2. Let rise (covered) to double size in a warm place; in possible in a bowl in the oven with another cup with warm (not hot) water nearby.
3. After this time flat your dough on a non sticky surface (or use some flour) and top with walnuts.
4. Fold in three in the legs and flat the dough again. Let rest 5 minutes.
5. Fold on the other side in the same way. Let rest 5 minutes.
6. Repeat 2 more times.
7. Divide the dough with a plastic knife in six parts and form 6 breads of 25-30 cm.
8. Prepare two baking trays with 3 breads each.
9. Let rise one hour to double size and take out of the oven (if you had them there).
10. Heat the oven to 230°C (heat and timing are basing it on convection oven) with a fire resistant tin filled with hot water.
11. With scissors cut the surface (1 cm depth) as you like.
12. Let rise 20-30 minutes.
13. Let your tin with boiling water in the oven and bake both trays for about 20 minutes (together or separately if you cannot).
14. When golden-brown take out and let cool down completely.
15. Usually we eat one piece and I freeze the other breads. Feel free to reduce the quantities.

Reviews

[Dienia B.]

wow loved this bread made 1 loaf, these are my measurements ,cause good luc fing a conversion for potato flakes hopefully im not off the mark, the bread is great so here goes 1/2 c wheat flour
1 1/2 c white flour
1/4 c potato flakes 2 teaspoon yeast
1 teaspoon salt a handful of walnuts
3/4 cup water that i put powdered milk in you may need 1/4 c more milk it is chewy and the nuts really add something it kinda spreads flat as its rising hope this is close