Rustic Homemade Potato Bread Recipe

The smell of homemade freshly baked bread is just irresistible. It makes me feel excited and reminds me of my childhood at the same time.

This recipe of our homemade potato bread, Focaccia style, is an absolute winner. In fact, you won’t want to buy bread from the shop anymore.

This potato bread recipe is based on a recipe by Annabel Langbein who is well-known here in New Zealand for her cookbooks and great TV show that aired a few years back.

You can find some of her amazing cookbooks on Amazon filled with mouthwatering easy-to-make recipes.

Related post: Rustic Sourdough Focaccia Bread and No-Knead Sourdough Bread

The recipe is straightforward and easy to make. The mashed potatoes help to make the bread soft on the inside with a nice chewy crust on the outside.

You can use leftover mashed potatoes or make a fresh batch which shouldn’t take too long.

Best of all, with this recipe, you can make so many different bread styles with this dough like a loaf of crusty flatbread, focaccia-style bread, and, of course, my kids’ favorite food: the most delicious pizza pie.

This homemade potato bread recipe is enough to make one large focaccia-style bread.

If you have a smaller family, you can even put half of the dough in the freezer for later use.

As mentioned earlier, you will need mashed potatoes for this recipe. You can either prepare a fresh batch of mashed potatoes or just use any leftovers you may have from dinner the night before.

I do love to serve this tasty potato bread with our yummy corn fritters, vegetarian lasagna (recipe still to come), or with a simple pasta dish.

Recipe For A Rustic Homemade Potato Bread

Rustic Potato Bread Recipe Focaccia Style

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Time To Proof The Dough 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course Side Dish, Snack

Servings 0

Equipment

• 1 large bowl
• 1 large baking pan

Ingredients

  

The Yeast Mixture

• 11/2 cups lukewarm water
• 1 tsp dry yeast
• 1 tsp honey or sugar
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

The Dough

• 4 cups bread flour (I use organic flour)
• 2 tsp salt I use pink Himalayan salt
• 1 cup (leftover) mashed potatoes Note: If you make a fresh batch of mashed potatoes, use 3 medium-sized peeled potatoes
• 2 tbsp flour (for dusting the workbench)

Toppings

• a few pinches of coarse sea salt
• a few pinches of chili flakes or ground cayenne pepper
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

 

Making The Dough

• First, get the yeast mixture ready: put all the ingredients into a big enough jar and wait for about ten minutes until the yeast starts to froth
  11/2 cups lukewarm water, 1 tsp honey or sugar, 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1 tsp dry yeast
• Put the ingredients for the dough into a bowl and mix roughly with your hands; Note: if you make a fresh batch of mashed potatoes, make sure to let it cool down first
  4 cups bread flour (I use organic flour), 1 cup (leftover) mashed potatoes, 2 tsp salt
• Once the yeast mixture is ready, put the liquid into the bowl and mix with your hands until the dough forms a ball. It should only take a couple of minutes.
• Dust your workbench with flour and tip the dough onto your workspace
  2 tbsp flour (for dusting the workbench)
• Knead the dough for around 3 minutes until the dough feels smooth and elastic
• Cover the bowl with foil and a hand towel and put it into a warm place
• Leave to rise for about 1.5 to 2 hours

Making The Bread

• Grease a baking sheet with some oil and put the dough in
• Using your fingertips, flatten the dough to your desired thickness
• Press little dimples into the bread to get it ready for the toppings

Toppings

• Finally, drizzle the olive oil over the bread and sprinkle with salt and chiliflakes
  a few pinches of coarse sea salt, 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, a few pinches of chili flakes or ground cayenne pepper
• Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees/392 F (fanforced setting) for around 15 to 20 minutes
• Serve the bread while it is still warm! Yum 🙂

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