Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Instant Potato Starter

Category: Breads

----------------------------------STARTER----------------------------------

1 pk Dry yeast, 2 tb Salt

1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Instant potato flakes

2 c Warm water,

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3/4 c Sugar,

1 ts Instant potato flakes

1 c Warm water,

-----------------------------------BREAD-----------------------------------

1 c Starter,

1/4 c Sugar

1 1/2 c Lukewarm water

1/2 c Oil,

1 ts Salt,

6 c Flour

STARTER: Dissolve yeast in 1/2 C. of warm water. Add remaining ingred. and

stir well. Place in glass jar, covered loosely with foil, plastic wrap,

etc. (to allow for gas expansion). Keep at room temperature for 24 hrs.

Then place starter in frig. for 3-5 days. Feed: After starter has been

refrigerated 3-5 days, take out and feed it above mixture. Let stand out

(loosely covered) all day (8-10 hrs.). Take out 1 C. to use in making bread

and return remaining starter to frig. Keep refrigerated from 3-5 days; feed

again. After feeding, take out 1 C. to use in making bread, or give 1 C. to

a friend, or throw 1 C. away. Starter must be fed again in 3-5 days. Bread:

Mix first 5 ingred. together. Add in flour 1 C. at a time until thoroughly

mixed. Knead until good "elastic" consistency, but don't over knead. Place

approx. 2 Tbl. oil in bottom of large boowl; turn dough over so oiled side

is facing up. Cover with dish towl; let rise until double - about 8-10 hrs.

Punch down, knead again only a few times, mixing in flour until good

consistency. Divide dough in half, shape into loaves. Place in ungreased

loaf pans; let rise again (4-6 hrs.). Bake @ 350 for 25-35 min. until

golden brown and loaves sound hollow when tapped. Cinnamon Bread: Before

placing dough in loaf pans to rise, roll out, brush with melted butter,

sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Roll up and place in loaf pan to rise.

This is a great receipe - I've enjoyed it for years! Your starter should

bubble a little after it has set out for the day (before you feed it). If

not, I have added yeast to the warm water of the "feed" and added it in and

the starter has recovered just fine! Enjoy! And let me know how you like

it!