Bread Machine Potato Bread

Photo: flickr user The Library of Congress

Ingredients

1 small Potato, peeled and halved

3 tablespoons Vegetable oil

2 tablespoons Granulated sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons Salt

3 cups All-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons Quick-rising dry yeast (or 1 ¼ tsp. bread machine

Preparation

In saucepan of boiling salted water, cook potato for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender; drain, reserving 3/4 cup cooking water. Mash potato well to make 1/2 cup. Let potato and cooking liquid cool to room temperature.

Remove baking pan from large ( 1 1/2 to 2 lb.) bread machine. Add to pan

(in order) cooking water, oil, sugar, salt, mashed potato and flour.

Sprinkle yeast over top, making sure yeast does not touch water mixture.

According to manufacturer's instructions, choose cycle appropriate to nonsweet-or nonfresh-milk bread. When baked, immediately remove pan from machine; shake loaf from pan. Let cool completely on rack.