Super Potato Bread

Ingredients

1 Small Potato -- Peeled And Halved
2 Tablespoons Vegetable oil
2 Tablespoons Granulated sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoons Salt
3 Cups All-purpose flour
1 1/2 Tablespoons Quick-rising yeast

Directions

In saucepan of boiling salted water, cook potato for 10-15 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. For large (1-1/2lb to 2lb) bread machine, remove baking pan. Add to pan (in order) cooking water, oil, sugar, salt, mashed potatoes and flour. Sprinkle with yeast, 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.
Because yeast thrives on starch, adding mashed potatoes to this loaf creates an airy, even-textured bread. Ideally suited for hearty sandwiches and toasts beautifully.

Notes: This recipe was posted on the Internet Meal Master Mailing List by Paul A. Meadows on 1-26-96, 00:20:07.
Source: Canadian Living Magazine, March 1995. Recipes from Canadian Living Test Kitchen.