Clare’s Whole Wheat Potato Bread

This is a family recipe.

Original recipe makes 2 – 5×9 inch loaves

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups instant mashed potato flakes
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 1/4 cups warm milk
1/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup honey
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

  • PREP

    25 mins

  • COOK

    35 mins

  • READY IN

    3 hrs

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, potato flakes, salt, and yeast. In a separate bowl, mix the water, milk, margarine, honey, and eggs. Beat the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients. Gradually mix in whole wheat flour until evenly moist. Knead 5 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, cover with a clean kitchen towel, and allow to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
  2. Grease two 5×9 inch loaf pans. Punch down dough, shape into loaves, and place in the pans. Allow to rise in pans 1 hour.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Bake loaves 35 minutes, until lightly browned and hollow sounding when tapped.

Nutrition

Calories: 132 kcal
Carbohydrates: 23.2 g
Cholesterol: 19 mg
Fat: 2.9 g
Fiber: 2.1 g
Protein: 4.2 g
Sodium: 280 mg