potato bread

 recipe by :Agnes Chang (I Can Bake)

Ingredients:
(A)bread flour 350g (sifted)
salt 1/2tsp

milk powder 2tbsp
instant yeast 1tbsp
sugar 70g
bread improver 1tbsp (optional)

(B)boiled potatoes,peeled and mashed 150g
egg 1
water used to boil the potatoes 80g

(C)butter(softened) 75g

Glazing
1egg,lightly beaten with
salt 1/8tsp

Topping
instant custard powder 2tbsp ,
mixed with water

Method:

~mashed into the mud with a fork

 ~Ingredients A Knead until like a dough

                              ~knead like this,Then add in butter continue mix until the dough is fully developed

~add ingredients (C) knead for about 10minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic,fully developed

~ Ferment for 1 hour or until double size

~ after 1hour

                                             ~Sprinkle some flour

   ~Divide the dough into 50g pieces and form into rounds

     ~Ferment for 1 hour or until double size

~Glaze the tops with beaten egg

~put the topping into a piping bag

~pipe custard crosses on each round

~Bake in  a pre-heated oven at 200c for about 15-20minutes until cooked and golden brown. Remove from the oven,leave the bread on a wire rack to cool

Note:The boiled potati and the water used for boiling,make a very good rising agent.Adding this into the bread dough helps it rise better.