Recipe: Yummy Iz's Baked Potato Bread

Iz's Baked Potato Bread. Potato bread is so full of flavor! With a firm crust and lots of little air pockets, it's the best bread ever for making toast. Potato bread is essentially wheat bread with a mashed potato worked into the dough.

This weekend I found myself staring out the window at the abundant chives growing in my garden. What could I possibly do with them, I wondered, except eat them on baked potatoes? Add ingredients according to Automatic Bread machines instructions. You can cook Iz's Baked Potato Bread using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Iz's Baked Potato Bread

1. Prepare 1 cup of bread flour.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of potato flakes.
3. It's 1/4 cup of bacon bits.
4. You need 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper - I LOVE pepper, you may want to cut that by half..
5. Prepare 3/4 tsp of sea salt.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of instant yeast.
7. It's 3 1/2 oz of ice water - just shy 1/2 cup.
8. Prepare 1 oz of cheese - manchego or sharp cheddar.

This dough will be very dry. Resist the urge to add water. This basic loaf made with easy instant potato flakes is so soft and delicious. I've shared the recipe with many people." In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer.

Iz's Baked Potato Bread instructions

1. Add all ingredients but water and cheese to a bowl.
2. Mix ingredients together.
3. Add water.
4. Mix until incorporated, work on lightly floured table until smooth and a bit warmed. (The ice water is to give you enough time to work this dough without it getting too warm.).
5. Place back into bowl and cover..
6. Allow to double. About 2 hours..
7. Shape into peasant shape. It should resemble a baked potato. Place on a cormeal dusted pan. Cover with plastic wrap..
8. Preheat oven to 450°F.
9. Allow to double again. About 90 minutes. Or when it holds a dimple when pressed with a finger. For a more realistic look wash with egg, simple syrup, or half & half. If you prefer not to, it will not affect the flavor, only the appearance. With a razor blade or sharp knife cut the length of the loaf..
10. Top with shredded cheese and bake for 20 - 30 minutes or more until hollow sounding when tapped on bottom or internal temperature reaches 180°F - 200°F..
11. Allow to cool..

Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Baking a potato in the oven does require a little more time than zapping it in the microwave, but it's mostly hands-off time. The perfect baked potato is crispy on the outside and pillowy in the middle. Cracked open and still steaming, it's ready to receive anything from a sprinkle of cheese to last night's. Thick and moist, freshly baked potato bread tastes nothing like grocery store potato rolls.