No-knead Potato Bread (Sandwich Bread)

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Yogurt provides similar tanginess with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is more economical for baking.

Peel the potatoes.

Cut the potatoes into small chunks, about an inch thick.

Pour the potatoes into a bowl of room temperature water and rinse off excess starch and dirt.

Drain the potatoes and pour them into a pot, adding enough water to submerge them.

Cook on medium heat for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.

Drain any remaining water from the pot.

Pour the potatoes into a large bowl and add the butter, mashing until smooth while the potatoes are still hot.

If the mashed potatoes are too hot, set them aside to cool slightly before continuing.

Add the eggs, milk, and yeast to the mashed potatoes and mix well.

Leave the mixture aside to allow the yeast to proof.

Measure out the flour, scooping it into a cup and leveling off the excess flour with a flat edge.

Add the salt and sugar to the flour and mix until well combined.

Combine the flour mixture with the potato mixture until a wet, soft, shaggy dough forms.

Cover the dough and let it rest for about 10 minutes to allow the flour to absorb the liquid and develop gluten.

Mix the dough again briefly, then add olive oil over the surface and spread it around.

Cover the dough and let it rest for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until fully risen.

Punch down the dough to remove trapped air and turn it onto a heavily floured work surface.

Prepare the baking pan by spraying it with cooking spray or dusting with butter and flour.

Divide the dough into two equal halves and shape each half into a loaf.

Gently place each shaped loaf into the prepared pan.

Dust flour over the dough for an artisan look, if desired, and cover it again.

Let the dough rest in a warm place for another 15 to 20 minutes.

Preheat the oven and bake the loaves for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

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