Recipe: Irish Freckle Bread

Recipes using Fleischmann's Yeast

Price Each: $9.42USD

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Irish Freckle Bread Ingredients

• 2 tbsp dry yeast
• 1 cup warm potato water
• 1/4 cup lukewarm potato, mashed
• 8 tbsp sugar
• 5 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup raisins

To make Irish Freckle Bread

1. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm (85° F.) potato water. Let sit 10 minutes.
2. Add mashed potato, 2 tbsp sugar and 1 cup flour. Beat until smooth. Cover; let rise until bubbly, about 1/2 hour.
3. Stir down; add remaining sugar, sea salt and 1 cup flour. Beat until smooth.
4. Stir in eggs, butter and raisins.
5. Stir in enough additional flour to make a soft dough.
6. Turn out onto floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
7. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover with damp cloth; let rise in warm draft-free place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
8. Punch down the Irish Freckle Bread dough. Divide dough into 2 equal parts. Let rest 5 minutes.
9. Shape into 2 loaves. Place in 2 greased 9x5x3” loaf pans. Cover with a damp cloth; let rise until doubled in bulk, about 40 minutes.
10. Bake Irish Freckle Bread in a preheated 350° F. oven 45 minutes or until done.