Potato Bread (Using Instant Potato And Dry Milk) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup instant potato flakes
1/2 cup hot water
2 cups hot water
1/3 cup shortening
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 packages dry yeast
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 cup dry milk, added to
3 cups flour
5 -6 cups flour
2 teaspoons oil (approx)

Preparation

Mix potato flakes and water to make 2/3 c.
mashed potato Place in a large bowl.
Stir in next four ingredients (hot water, shortening, salt and sugar) Set aside to cool.
Stir yeast into 1/2 c.lukewarm water.
When potato mixture is cooled to lukewarm, add yeast mixture.
Add dry milk/flour mixture to potato mixture and beat well.
Add 2 cups of flour beat until smooth.
Add 2 more c. flour.
Beat until smooth.
Place about 1 c. of flour on your bread board.
Turn out dough on floured board and knead for 5 minutes.
Add more flour as needed.
Oil a bowl and place kneaded dough in it.
Brush top of dough with a bit more oil.
Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled.
Punch down and halve dough.
Knead each half on floured board and form into two (three) loaf shapes.
Grease two 5x9 loaf pans (or 3- 4x9 pans) Place dough in pans.
Brush tops with oil.
Let rise until doubled.
Preheat oven to 400F Bake for 30-40 minutes.