The fragrance of fresh bread wafting through the house is one of the most comforting things ever! That means that baking bread is always a plus since you have something tasty to enjoy and a comforting feeling as well. And so it was this morning as I was making Leslie Mackie’s Rustic Potato Loaf (supposed to be Loaves but I only made one)
Mackie’s loaf is beautifully rustic. By baking this bread with the seam up rather than down you get the nice rough top, or as she put it, “…with a jagged, flour-encrusted crease…”. Love it!!
The loaf is made with mashed russet potatoes, complete with skins, and AP flour with a little EVOO and potato water thrown in for good measure. You end up with a nice crusty bread perfect with a little dipping oil. And little pieces of skin showing up through the bread.
You can find the recipe for these lovely loaves on Dawn’s Site – Simply Sweet. Or, if you want to join the Baking With Julia fun the loaves are on page 138 of Child’s Baking with Julia
And please stop by and visit the other Members of Baking with Julia and see their gorgeous breads.
April 2, 2013 at 7:55 PM
Your bread looks just perfect!! I like the idea of dipping oil. =)
April 2, 2013 at 9:50 PM
Hi, Margaret. How are you? I hope all is well with you. Your bread is gorgeous. I agree with you that there is nothing better than the smell of bread baking and also nothing like making bread – it is so soothing and comforting.
April 2, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Your loaf looks perfect! I didn’t care for the bits of peel throughout, but otherwise is was good!
April 3, 2013 at 5:16 AM
Your bread looks perfectly rustic! And it would be great with dipping oil. I would like to make this again, properly next time…
April 3, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Looks great…really fun to think of baking it with the seam side up, putting this on the list to try when Matt comes home and I have someone to eat copious amounts of bread again…one more month! π Great photo of it.
April 3, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Yay for Matt coming home. It was good bread.
April 3, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Absolutely GORGEOUS loaf, Margaret! I love potato breads. Time to break out the yeast again…. π
April 3, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Great looking loaf. Hmm…I hadn’t though of dipping the bread….interesting….yep, gotta try that next time!
April 4, 2013 at 6:54 AM
I liked this bread too. Your got such a great crust on your bread. My oven won’t do that – it would burn the bottom before I got a nice strong crust. Great job!
April 4, 2013 at 5:13 PM
Hi Margaret. Your potato loaf looks gorgeous! Lovely holes.
Thanks for stopping by the ABC blog. I would love to have you join us (I keep thinking we were in the same baking group in a “previous life” – was it Sweet Melissa??). Anyway, please feel free to join us. If you’d like to bake this month Gruyere bread and link to your post, that would be really cool. Don’t worry about it being late. We’re a pretty flexible group π
April 4, 2013 at 8:19 PM
thanks, Hanaa. I will try and get that baked this next week. Don’t want to waste any time!!
I don’t think we have been in a group together. TWD? BWJ? SRC?
April 5, 2013 at 8:28 PM
Your loaf looks great! Perfect for dipping in oil π
April 5, 2013 at 11:33 PM
I agree that fresh baked bread is one of best comfort foods. This recipe certainly proves that. You made a lovely loaf to dip in oil (and vinegar!)
April 8, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Good looking bread! I love the smell of baking bread, too.
April 9, 2013 at 2:25 AM
Lovely loaf! It’s nice that this recipe has worked out so well for everyone this time ’round. We’ll definitely be making it again.
April 10, 2013 at 4:40 PM
Yours looks so beautiful! I’m glad it tuned out well π
April 11, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Your loaf looks simply perfect. And I agree dipping sounds divine next time. And there will be a next time for this recipe!
April 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Your loaf looks wonderful! It’s making me want to head into the kitchen to make it again right now!
April 12, 2013 at 1:29 PM
Your bread looks delicious, beautifully rustic. Your seam-side-up shaping turned out really well.
May 6, 2013 at 1:06 PM
I had your blog as my SRC assignment this month and made this bread. Delicious! Thank you so much! Love your blog π