Ingredients

  • 2 cups potatoes, diced
  • 1 12 cups potato water
  • 3 teaspoons yeast
  • 1 12 cups water, lukewarm
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 23 cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 34 cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 cup wheat bran
  • 4 cups whole wheat flour
  • 4 cups flour

Method

  • Cook potatoes and keep the potato water.
  • Mash potatoes.
  • Meanwhile mix yeast, warm water, and teaspoon sugar; let proof.
  • Mix the oil, butter flavoring, honey, and salt together.
  • Add the yeast to the honey mixture.
  • Add potatoes and reserved potato water.
  • Add wheat bran.
  • Add whole wheat flour.
  • Add regular flour.
  • Knead 10 minutes; this is going to be work; I would knead in batches.
  • Let rise covered with wet towel.
  • Punch down.
  • Let rise again.
  • Punch down.
  • Shape into loaves.
  • Let rise a third time in the loaf pans.
  • Cover with wet towel.
  • No time was given; bake in 350 degree Fahrenheit oven 55 minutes.