Daring Bakers Challange #2.
Potato bread has a sentimental place in my heart. When I was growing up, my mother would make potato bread. She would turn it into cinnamon rolls and make scones for dinner. Not those english scones that remind you of a biscuit but a fried bread scone that came out all warm and bread like, served with butter and jam. My mom always said she could live on bread and butter. Add some chocolate for dessert and I, too, could live on bread and butter.
So I thought this would be a perfect time to make potato bread. Rolls for Thanksgiving, and pizza dough for our dinner on Thanksgiving eve. A time to reflect and bake bread.
This bread produced a sticky dough that was a little hard to handle. I originally wanted to make bread knots but quickly changed my mind when I got to the shaping of the knots. I didnt want to fight with the dough, so basic round rolls for me. If you cant beat 'em, join 'em!
This recipe was suppose to make one large loaf and one small loaf. I did something wrong though. I ended up with 12 rolls, a small loaf, and a pizza crust. My rolls could of used more dough. The pizza was great! Thats the empty pizza pan that my little loaf is on. The little loaf was gobbled up the next day as leftovers. I still have some of the rolls. I'm thinking of bread pudding.
This bread will be made again on some lazy, rainy day. The ingredients are things I usually have on hand. Pretty much potatos, flour, and yeast.
Thank you to Tanna of my kitchen in half cups for this challange.
You brought back memories and scones.
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It looks ever so scrumptious! Well done!
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Rosa
Great job on your challenge this month! I don't think you did anything wrong at all. The lovely thing about this dough was depending on how much mashed potato and flour you used, you could have a little or a lot of dough.
ReplyDeletei think your bread turned out beautifully good job
ReplyDeleteIt's so interesting, how different the bread come out all over the world
ReplyDeleteI agree - I could live on bread and butter alone, too. And I'm scouring the 'net this morning looking for a bread pudding recipe :)
ReplyDeleteWell done megan, I'm sure you've made your mom proud!
ReplyDeleteMmm potato bread made into cinnamon rolls sounds really good. I'm sure it was really yummy as a pizza dough - great iddea!
ReplyDeletewoohoo, great breads ! And you still have some of the rolls, how lucky !!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of morphing them into cinnamon rolls. This bread is addictive. Great job. Im sure the pizza was fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a pretty healthy yield. And I agree on the stickiness part. I can't shape mine into fancy shapes others do, and simply made it into rolls and focaccia.
ReplyDeleteHey! English scones are nothing like biscuits! hehe
ReplyDeleteYour bread lools all rustic and lovely!
I could live on bread and butter too! The smell of it coming out of the oven is to die for!
ReplyDeleteYour bread looks terrific.
ReplyDeleteIt's great toasted slathered with butter too.
OK, so my husband has been begging for scones, but the scones he knows are the fried ones. After doing some research, I found out that German scones are fried!! Your bread looks great - you've done a great job!
ReplyDeleteYour rolls are totally awesome Megan! Beautiful story about your mom's potato bread. It would be interesting to try the scones with some of this dough.
ReplyDeleteNice job. How lovely that you have pleasant memories connected to this. It makes it nice to dig in, doesn't it? I'm sure you're looking forward to that rainy day.
ReplyDeleteHi Megan,
ReplyDeleteThe dough so so sticky, I too abandoned some of my shaping plans. It's great that you had such fond memories of potato bread. I too can live on freshly baked bread and cultured (salted) butter. ;-)
Your bread looks wonderful! Using cinnamon is a creative innovation - I must try that sometime.
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Julius from Occasional Baker
Glad you liked the recipe, Megan, and that it gave you such warm memories. The result looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteGreat potato bread it looks gorgeous. :)
ReplyDeleteBoth the loaf and rolls look yummy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a smart idea to turn it into a pizza crust!
ReplyDeleteYUM YUM!!! it looks sooo pretty!! coooongratulaaaatiooooons!! ^_^
ReplyDeleteWow, great looking bread! The rolls look amazing, drool.
ReplyDeleteYummy! They look good! well done
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked the challenge...your loaf is simply perfect:) well done!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, this would make for some great bread pudding. Well done.
ReplyDeleteOoo ... I love the idea of using some of this dough for a pizza crust, I'll try that next week once my arm is less sore from kneading :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job Megan. You're right, there just was no end to the dough, was there? I got a large loaf, a bunch of rolls and focaccia out of it.
ReplyDeleteThey look great! Glad doing the challenge brought back nice memories for you. Bread and butter. I couldn't live on that alone but I could eat it every day without ever tiring of it.
ReplyDeleteThe little loaf calls out to me... looking yummy!
ReplyDeleteI haven't had potato bread in a long time. Yours looks yummy :)
ReplyDeleteSo happy that you enjoyed making the bread! Everything looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love your rolls! I can imagine this dough would make a nice pizza crust.
ReplyDeleteWow! Looks great! Love the crust and the floury look! Congrats on another very well executed challenge!
ReplyDeleteI love the flour dusted breads you made. The rolls look like they would be my favorite. great job!
ReplyDeleteThis would have made awesome pizza crust! Great job.
ReplyDeleteChristina ~ She Runs, She Eats
I love reading about recipes and foods that bring up such happy memories! I'm glad your challenge turned out so well. Your breads look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'm a firm believer in making things that remind you of your childhood, so extra points to Tanna for bringing you there!
ReplyDeletePizza dough... what a wonderful application for this pliable dough! I also think your pull-apart rolls look tasty.
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