Potato Bread
1 med potato, pared, cubed, and boiled (8 oz.)
2 1/2 cups boiling water from potato
1 pkg. yeast
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
5 to 7 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon ginger (ginger helps activate the yeast)
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 lukewarm 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 buns 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.
