Salt Rising Bread
Ingredients
- 1 small potato, peeled, sliced and cooked
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup warm water (use potato cooking water)
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 Tbs sugar
- 2 Tbs warm water
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/3 cup scalded, cooled milk
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 2 cup flour or more
Instructions
Peel, slice and cook one small potato. Puree or blend with sugar, salt, water and flour. Cover and let stand in very warm place (95 to 120 deg) for 24 hours. Pour the above mixture into a warm bowl and add the sugar, water and flour. Beat well by hand. Cover and let stand in a warm place for 24 hours. Then add the milk, oil and flour. Knead 5 minutes, adding flour as necessary. Place in well-greased loaf pan, turning loaf to grease top. Cover, let rise 24 hours or until double in size. Bake at 375 deg for about 45 minutes.