Potato Yeast Bread

Name: Potato Yeast Bread
Cuisine: null
Ingredients: 1/2 cup water, , or milk and; 2 tablespoon sugar, or syrup; 4 tablespoon shortening; 4 cup boiled mashed potatoes; 1 1/2 teaspoon salt; 8 cup flour; 1/2 yeast cake; 1/4 cup lukewarm water, to soften yeast cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup water, , or milk and
2 tablespoon sugar, or syrup
4 tablespoon shortening
4 cup boiled mashed potatoes
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
8 cup flour
1/2 yeast cake
1/4 cup lukewarm water, to soften yeast cake

Directions

Mix in ordinary manner.
The dough will be very stiff at first, but much thinner after first rising.
Probably you will have better results if you make a sponge with the potatoes, liquid, and a part of the flour, first, and, when risen, add the remaining ingredients.