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Mashed Potato Yeast
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Mashed Potato Yeast

12 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

890
Calories
29g
Protein
11g
Fat
169g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Mashed Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Hop not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup smooth mashed potato 1 tablespn
  • 3/4 cup of water in which potatoes
  • 1/4 cup of water
  • 1/2 cup of hop water
  • 1/2 cup of liquid yeast
  • 1/2 cup of yeast to a pint of liquid
  • a piece of cheese cloth
  • a pint of liquid
  • 1 tablespn
  • 1 teaspn
  • 1 cake of dry yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup of water
  • salt

Directions

1

1¼ cup smooth mashed potato 1 tablespn. loose hops 1 tablespn. sugar 1 teaspn. salt

2

¾ cup of water in which potatoes and hops were boiled, 1 cake of dry yeast dissolved in ¼ cup of water with a little of the sugar, or, ½ cup of hop water and ½ cup of liquid yeast.

3

Tie the hops in a piece of cheese cloth and cook with the well washed but not pared potatoes (the yeast is lighter if the skins are left on); when done, drain and peel potatoes and rub through colander on to the salt and sugar; beat well, pour water on gradually, add yeast, beat, put into a clean glass jar, lay the cover on without fastening down and let stand in a warm room until full of bubbles, no longer; then set in a cold place. When thoroughly cooled, fasten the cover tight and keep in refrigerator.

4

Use ¼-½ cup of yeast to a pint of liquid, according to the time you wish to give the bread to rise.

By Evora Bucknum Perkins · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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