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Loaded Baked Potato Bread

Loaded Baked Potato Bread
  • Prep 2 hr 20 min
  • Total 3 hr 0 min
  • Servings 1
A yummy sandwich loaf that combines all the best flavors of a loaded baked potato -- sour cream, chives, potatoes and yes, bacon.
By Girl Versus Dough
Updated May 11, 2017

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 1 tablespoon butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2/3 cup Yukon Gold potatoes, boiled and mashed with the skin left on (I used about 1 1/4 Yukon Golds)
  • 1/3 cup cooked and crumbled bacon
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onions or chives
  • 3 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ unbleached all-purpose flour

Steps

  • 1
    In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine water and yeast and whisk until yeast is dissolved. Let stand about 3 minutes or until yeast is foamy.
  • 2
    Add in butter, salt, sour cream and potatoes and mix with paddle attachment until combined. Add in bacon and green onions and mix until just combined.
  • 3
    Add in flour in thirds, mixing with the dough hook, on low, as you add in the flour. Mix until dough completely pulls away from the sides, then remove the dough and knead by hand about 10 minutes, or until dough is smooth and elastic.
  • 4
    Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
  • 5
    Remove risen dough from bowl and press down with fingers into a 6 x 8-inch rectangle. Roll up tightly from the short end and place the dough, seam-side down, in a lightly greased 8 x 4-inch loaf pan.
  • 6
    Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
  • 7
    Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375°F.
  • 8
    Once dough is risen, uncover and bake about 30 minutes, or until golden brown on top and a thermometer inserted in the center reads 190°F. The bread should also make a hollow sound when thwacked on the bottom.
  • 9
    Remove from oven and cool in loaf pan about 10 minutes, and then completely on a cooling rack before slicing or serving.

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  • Homemade bread is a finicky thing. You have to be sure the yeast is alive, that the flour is properly weighed, and that you don’t knead the dough too little or too much. It has to be smooth and elastic, but not sticky nor crumbly. If you don’t let it rise long enough, the flavors won’t develop. And if you let it rise too much, well… I don’t know what, but I’ve heard it’s not good. That said, part of the reason I started baking bread in the first place was to learn about these idiosyncrasies — to find out, in short, what makes bread tick. One thing I have noticed in my experience is that potato bread is by far the best rising bread, ever. Each time I make it, it turns out perfectly. It’s always dense, but not too dense, starchy but not gummy, soft but not crumbly. To be honest, I still have no idea why potato bread rises so dang well — if you know, do share! All I know is that it’s one of my favorite types of breads to make. Not only because it’s easy and rises well, but because the dough itself is a dream to knead and the taste is out of this world. The local co-op was recently selling its own version of Loaded Baked Potato Bread, and after picking my jaw up off the floor upon hearing this news, I decided I’d go over there and buy about 100 loaves of it. Turns out, I was too late. Bummer. So I decided to make my own version, based on this Yukon Gold Potato Bread I made a while back. Like that bread, this version rose incredibly well and made for a perfect sandwich loaf. Plus, it really does taste like a loaded baked potato with chopped green onions, sour cream, butter and bacon. Though I chose not to include cheese, feel free to top your loaf with the stuff, and if you’re not a fan of bacon, leave it out. Either way, it’s a great loaf to make when you don’t want to deal with anything finicky!
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