Grandma Bogey's Potato Bread
Source of Recipe
Buddy Cookbook
List of Ingredients
1 medium potato, pared, cubed, and boiled (8oz.)
2 1/2 cups boiling water from potato
1 pkg. rapid-rise yeast
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
5 to 7 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon ginger (ginger helps activate the yeast)
Recipe
Mash the potato and add the potato water, salt, sugar, shortening and ginger. In a medium sized bowl mix 5 cups flour and yeast, add luke warm liquid mixture and work into flour. Knead batter into remaining 2 cups of flour. Let rest in a warm place for 30 minutes. Work down and form into rolls or loaves. Place into pans and let rise until doubled in size. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. Remove from pans and brush oil or shortening over entire surface of loaves.
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