How to Make Potato Bread Recipe

I just could not wait to learn how to make a potato bread recipe. I love this type of bread and I have not tasted any bad ones. They can be made in the form of a loaf bread, rolls, biscuits, scones or donuts. It doesn’t matter what kind of recipe, the potatoes always add moistness and flavor.


When I learned how to make potato bread recipes I was not at all surprised at the wonderful flavor and texture. I have even found the recipes of cakes, candy and cookies with potatoes in the ingredients are also very tasty. The addition of potatoes in these recipes can be in the form of dehydrated ones like the instant potatoes, they can be grated but I find most of the time they are mashed before adding; some recipes are for sweet potatoes.

How to Make Potato Bread RecipeHow to Make Potato Bread Recipe

In trying to track who was the first at learning how to make potato bread recipes, I found they came about as a necessity. As with many of our old recipes, they were developed out of the available supply of ingredients or shortages. With the beginning of the potato bread recipes, many countries like Ireland, Scotland and Poland were growing large crops of potatoes. Where ever large crops are grown, the people will find a way to use it; even some might seem strange.


In the beginning of the potato bread recipe, the potatoes became a substitute for a portion of the flour. At that time there was a shortage in wheat making it necessary to stretch the wheat flour any way they could. Whatever the truth of the story is, I am pleased with the outcome. I can’t say I would have thought to put potatoes in these breads before I tasted them. These potato bread recipes are delicious!

HOW TO MAKE POTATO BREAD RECIPE
or REFRIGERATOR ROLLS

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  • 1 Cup instant mashed potatoes
  • 1 Package dry yeast
  • ½ Cup lukewarm water
  • 1 Cup milk
  • ½ Cup shortening
  • 3 Beaten eggs
  • ½ Cup sugar
  • 2 Teaspoons salt
  • 5 to 6 Cups sifted flour

Dissolve yeast in the warm water.

Scald the milk, set off of heat and then add the shortening to melt. Let cool to warm. Add beaten eggs, sugar, salt, instant potatoes and yeast mixture. Stir in 4 cups of the sifted flour. Put remaining flour on board or table and dump dough onto the floured board. Knead in enough flour until dough is smooth and elastic. Place dough in a large greased bowl and cover with a clean wet cloth. Place in the refrigerator for 24 hours. It will rise a little.

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Shape the potato bread into rolls. (allow for rising) Place in a warm place and let rise. Bake until rolls are light brown.

HILLBILLY POTATO BREAD RECIPE

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  • About 8 cups flour
  • 2 Packages active dry yeast
  • ½ Cup lukewarm water (110F to 115F degrees)
  • ¾ Cup lukewarm milk (110F to 115F degrees)
  • 2 Teaspoons salt
  • 4 Medium potatoes cooked 
  • 2 Tablespoons softened butter

Whip potatoes with butter (nothing else).

Mix yeast with warm water; let stand 5 minutes.

Sift 6 cups of flour with salt into bowl; cut mashed potatoes into flour mixture and salt.

Add yeast mixture to warm milk; work liquid into flour potato mixture.

Knead until blended and smooth adding enough of the remaining flour as needed.

Place dough into greased bowl turning to coat; cover and let rise until double about 1 hour in a warm place.

Punch dough down; divide in half and shaped into 2 round loaves.

Place loaves on lightly greased baking sheets sprinkled with cornmeal; cover and let rise about 30 minutes.

PREHEAT OVEN TO 375 F DEGREES; bake about 45 minutes or until light brown.

NOTE: Brush hot loaves with softened butter.

Makes 2 loaves but sometimes I double the recipe.  

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SPUDNUTS

  • 2 Cups milk
  • 1 Package yeast
  • ½ Cup warm water
  • ½ Cup sugar divided
  • 7 Cups flour
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 Cup mashed potatoes
  • ½ Cup melted shortening
  • 1 Tablespoon salt
  • 2 Teaspoons cinnamon

Scald milk; dissolve yeast in warm water.
Add 1 tablespoon sugar to water and yeast; let stand for 5 minutes.
When milk has cooled to lukewarm pour in large bowl and beat in 2 cups flour to smooth batter.
Add yeast and let rise in warm place for 20 minutes.
Add eggs to warm mashed potatoes; add melted shortening and whip until very smooth.
(Potato mixture must be warm); add to batter and mix well.
Add cinnamon and salt to remaining flour; add to batter mixture.
Mix and knead to a smooth dough; let rise and knead down.
Roll out to ½ inch thickness and cut with donut cutter.
Cover and let rise; drop into hot oil 350F degrees and fry 3 to 4 minutes until golden brown.
Drain on paper towels; sprinkle with remaining sugar.

SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

  • 2 Cups mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¾ Cups milk
  • 1 Package yeast
  • ½ Cup lukewarm
  • 8 Cups sifted flour
  • Melted butter

Boil potatoes in jackets; (do not overcook) drain and remove jackets.
Mash until free of lumps; beat in eggs, sugar, salt and milk.
Dissolve yeast in warm water; let stand 5 minutes.
Add yeast mixture to potato mixture; work in flour until a stiff dough.
Let rise in warm place until double in bulk; shape into small cakes.
Grease tops with melted butter; let biscuits rise.
Bake in preheated oven at 375F degrees until brown and crusty.
NOTE: Can also be baked in muffin tins.

SWEET POTATO BREAD RECIPE

  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 ½ Cups sugar
  • 1 ½ Cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 Cup oil
  • 2 Teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 ¼ Cups flour
  • 1 ½ Teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ Teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ½ Teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 Teaspoon salt
  • ¼ Teaspoon cloves
  • ¼ Teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ Teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ Cup nuts
  • ½ Cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350F degrees; grease and flour 2 loaf pans.

Combine eggs, sugar, sweet potatoes, oil and vanilla in a large mixing bowl; mix well on medium mixer speed.

Combine in another bowl flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, ginger and nutmeg.

Add dry ingredients to sweet potato mixture stirring just to blend.

Stir in nuts and raisins; pour into 2 prepared pans.

Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until pick comes out clean; cool 5 minutes and remove from pans.

GRATED POTATO BREAD RECIPE

  • ½ Cup peeled grated potato
  • 2 ¼ Cups water
  • 3 Tablespoon honey
  • 3 Tablespoons softened butter
  • 4 Teaspoons salt
  • 1 Package dry yeast
  • 5 Cups flour
  • 1 1/4Cups coarsely ground yellow cornmeal

In a saucepan bring water and potato to a boil; cook until potato is tender.

Set saucepan off to cool to a temperature about 110F degrees.

Add to saucepan honey, butter, salt and yeast; stir and let stand about 5 to 10 minutes until foamy.

Sift flour in a large bowl and stir in cornmeal; make a well in the center.

Add potato mixture to the bowl in the well; stir flour mixture into the yeast mixture.

Turn dough out on floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic about 15 minutes.

Place dough in a greased bowl turning to coat ball; cover with plastic wrap and towel.

Set bowl in a warm place and let rise until doubled in bulk about 1 hour.

NOTE: If my kitchen is cold, I turn the oven on and let the bowl set on top or near the stove to rise.

Punch down dough and knead 3 to 4 minutes; divide dough in half and place in 2 greased loaf pans.

Let dough rise again in warm place about 50 minutes until about 1 inch above rim of pans.

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350F degrees; bakes loaves until golden brown about 30 minutes.

Remove loaves from pans and brush each with extra butter; cool before slicing.

POTATO BREAD RECIPE cooked on a griddle

  • 1 ¾ Pounds shredded cooked potatoes
  • 1 Cup flour
  • 2 Tablespoons melted butter or bacon grease
  • 1 Teaspoon salt
  • ¼ Cup warm milk 

Combine in a large bowl 2 cups of potatoes, flour, butter (or bacon grease) and salt.

Stir in warm milk to make a smooth dough; cover and let stand 15 minutes.

Divide dough into 8 parts and cover; heat griddle or skillet over high heat until drop of water bubbles.

On floured surface roll each part into a very thin circle about 10 inches in diameter

Cook about 1 minute on each side (will have brown flecks on surface).

Remove bread from griddle and fold into quarters; continue cooking rounds, folding and stacking.

Serve immediately spread with butter; if not using immediately, wrap each in plastic wrap.