Learn how to make potato bread at home with this easy recipe. It's quick, beginner-friendly, and only requires 6 simple ingredients!
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Fresh Homemade Potato Bread
This potato bread recipe is your new go-to for homemade bread. There's no need for fancy ingredients or difficult techniques - just simple, everyday pantry staples. All-purpose flour, instant potatoes, yeast, and my effortless technique combine to create the softest and fluffiest loaf of bread you've ever tasted! It's a welcome change from the difficult and time-consuming bread recipes out there.
Plus, your family won't believe you made this at home - it tastes just like bakery-style bread. Make a batch and enjoy the heavenly smell of freshly baked bread as it fills your kitchen. Trust me, you'll never want to buy store-bought bread again after trying my potato bread recipe!
Potato Bread Recipe Ingredients
- Flour
- Instant potatoes
- Yeast
- Salt
- Sugar
- Water
For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.
How to Make Potato Bread
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients, potatoes, and sugar.
- Add in 2 cups of water with the mixer on. Let it mix together for about 1 minute.
- Gradually add in the final cup of water and then add in more if necessary. The dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl but clean the sides and still be sticky to the touch. If you add too much water, don't worry! Just add a bit more flour to get it back to the right consistency.
- Knead the dough for 6-8 minutes in a mixer or 8-10 minutes by hand until the dough is smooth and elastic. Don't skimp on the kneading! This helps create the structure of the bread.
- Let the dough rise (covered, room temperature) in the same bowl you mixed it in for 1 hour or until doubled.
- Remove the dough from the bowl gently and then form into 2 loaves. This is most easily done by creating a crease in the middle of the piece of dough with your palm and then folding the dough over the crease and pinching it together at the bottom. Just imagine folding a piece of paper in half and gluing the bottom shut. Repeat this a few times until you have a smooth loaf shape. You may have to tuck in the long ends a few times as well.
- Place the loaves into greased bread loaf pans and raise (covered, room temperature) 1 hour or until doubled.
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Bake at 375º F for 25 minutes, remove them from the oven and then brush each loaf with a tablespoon of butter.
- Return the pans to the oven and bake for another5-10 minutes, or until golden brown. The internal temperature of the bread should read right around 200 degrees F.
Check out my notes in the recipe card for some helpful advice on making your Potato Bread!
How to store this recipe for Potato Bread
Can I Freeze Potato Bread?
Yes! If you make two loaves and want to keep one for later, then go ahead and freeze it for longer storage. Wrap a cooled loaf in plastic wrap and then transfer to an airtight freezer-friendly storage container. You can keep it frozen for about 2 or 3 months.
How long does potato bread last?
Homemade potato bread will keep for 3-5 days at room temperature before it goes stale. Wrap it in plastic or store it in a bread box to extend its shelf life. Frozen potato bread can last for 2-3 months before the quality starts to reduce.
Potato Bread Uses
(Besides eating as is?) You can slice your loaf and use the bread slices for toast, french toast, sandwiches, or even a delicious potato bread pudding.
Potato Sandwich Bread FAQs
The added starchiness from the potato flakes help to give your homemade potato bread a softer and fluffier texture. They dissolve and disappear by the time that the bread is baked because you won’t be able to spot them. You just know that they were there and doing their job!
This recipe for potato bread isn't gluten-free, as it uses all-purpose flour. Switching out the flour for a gluten-free alternative will make this a gluten-free recipe!
I think it tastes like regular white bread but with a slightly softer texture and some sweetness from the potatoes. The potato flavor is not overwhelming but adds a nice depth that we don't always get from regular bread.
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Potato Sandwich Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 7 cups flour (all-purpose)
- 1 cup instant potatoes
- 1 ½ tablespoon yeast
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 ½ cup water
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients, potatoes, and sugar together in a large bowl or the bowl of a standing mixer.
- Add 2 cups water with the mixer on. Let it mix together for a about 1 minute.
- Gradually add the final cup of water and add more if necessary. The dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl but clean the sides and be sticky to the touch. If you add too much water, don't worry! Just add a bit more flour to get it back to the right consistency.
- Knead 6-8 minutes in a mixer or 8-10 minutes by hand until the dough is smooth and elastic. Don't skimp on the kneading! This helps create the structure of the bread.
- Let the dough rise (covered, room temperature) in the same bowl you mixed it in for 1 hour or until doubled.
- Remove from bowl gently and form into 2 loaves. This is most easily done by creating a crease in the middle of the piece of dough with your palm and then folding the dough over the crease and pinching it together at the bottom, just imagine folding a piece of paper in half and gluing the bottom shut. Repeat this a few times until you have a smooth loaf shape. You may have to tuck the long ends in a few times as well.
- Place in greased bread loaf pans and raise (covered, room temperature) 1 hour or until doubled.
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Bake at 375º F for 25 minutes, remove from oven and brush each loaf with a tablespoon of butter.
- Return to oven and bake 5-10 more minutes, or until golden brown. The internal temperature of the bread should read right around 200 degrees F.
Alli
Great recipe!