potato wheat bread

My mother's sister, AJ used to live in Taman Molek, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Whenever my family visited her, we would do some grocery shopping at the Giant Hypermarket near her home. Without fail, my mother would buy some potato bread. It is a sweet bread that is light and goes well with a cup of coffee or tea.

There are two ways to make potato bread - using potato flakes or using mashed potato. Whichever way you choose, the bread tastes just as nice. The recipe in this post uses potato flakes.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup warm water
1 egg
3 tbsp butter
2 1/2 tsp castor sugar
1 1/3 tsp salt
1/4 cup potato flakes
2 tbsp instant oats
1/3 cup sesame seeds
1 cup bread flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tsp instant dry yeast
milk (for glazing)

METHOD

1. Place all the ingredients (except the bread flour, whole wheat flour and yeast) in the bucket of the breadmaker machine.

2. Add the bread flour and whole wheat flour, making sure that the wet ingredients are totally covered.

3. Add the yeast.

4. Place the bucket in the breadmaker machine and select "dough" cycle. Start the cycle.

5. When the cycle has been completed, turn the dough onto a floured board. Using floured hands, knead the dough about 5 times.

6. Place the dough in an 8" x 5" loaf pan that has been greased and lined with baking paper. Cover the pan with a moist cloth and leave for 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.

7. Brush the loaf with milk.

8. Bake in an oven preheated to 175 degrees celsius for 30 minutes.

9. Let the bread cool thoroughly before slicing.