Delicious Irish Potato Brown Bread Made in a Bread Machine
Do you love freshly baked bread in your home? Does the idea of making whole-grain bread scare you or at least cause a pause? Wherever you fall on the spectrum for baking at home, you’ll love this recipe for a delicious Irish Potato Brown Bread made in a bread machine.
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Making Irish Potato Brown Bread
Before I share the recipe, I would be remiss to not share a bit about tools you may need as well as particular ingredients. Baking your own bread is very easy IF you have what you need (and a little patience at times.)
Last week I shared about the Mockmill, a new mill attachment for KitchenAid Mixers which allows you to grind your own grain at home.
This item works beautifully for grinding a variety of grains. This includes wheat, like the Prairie Gold grain that I use as the basis for my whole wheat baking.
Prairie Gold is a hard spring wheat with a wonderful flavor on its own. Or, mix a few grains like Spelt or Kamut in smaller amounts to create a different experience.
Freshly ground grain is the most nutritious option when it comes to making your bread. It also produces an incredibly tasty bread.
The next tool you will need is a bread machine.
Make sure it has a whole wheat setting on it so the machine can handle the extra workload of a whole wheat dough. Also, the whole wheat setting has different lengths to the mixing and kneading times compared to a regular setting.
We have an older Cuisinart bread machine that I love. It has settings for either 1 1/2 or 2-pound loaves and a long list of settings that can be used.
Depending on the bread you are making, you could use the delay timer and have the bread ready when you want it.
This model is close in design and function with a few extra features.
Irish Potato Brown Bread Recipe
This recipe originated in one of my absolute favorite bread machine cookbooks, The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook by Beth Hensperger.
When it first came out, I rotated libraries in the Kent Ohio area to have it checked out. After checking it out for the 12th time in just over a year, I decided to buy the hardback.
I have not regretted that purchase and every single recipe I have made from the book has been well received in my house. Kindle is cheaper than paperback.
If you have a bread machine or are going to get one to feed the family wonderful fresh bread, I highly recommend that you get a copy of The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook.
The hardcover is not cheap. But, there are both paperback and Kindle options that are quite affordable. Considering a good quality bread from the store could be $4 or $5 per loaf, you’ll have recouped your investment in short order.
Delicious Irish Potato Brown Bread Made in a Bread Machine
Irish Potato Brown bread made in a bread machine.
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cups warm water
- 4 Tbsp. butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 Tbsp. honey
- 1 Tbsp. dark molasses
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1/3 cup instant potato flakes
- 2 Tbsp. gluten
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 Tbsp. yeast
Instructions
- Add the ingredients to your bread machine in the recommended order. If there isn't one, then just start with the water and work your way down the list.
- Use the 2 pound bread size and the whole wheat setting on your bread machine. The crust can be set for medium.
- Note ~ this recipe is NOT suitable for using the delay timer.
- When the baking cycle is over, remove the bread from the pan and allow it to cool on a bread rack. Ideally, you should allow it to reach room temperature before slicing. In my house, I'm lucky if the boys let it sit that long!
Notes
If you do not have molasses, then just increase the honey to 3 Tbsp. The original recipe used only honey. However, I like the depth of flavor the molasses adds. Alternatively, you could do a 50/50 split of honey and molasses (so 1 1/2 Tbsp of each.)
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
12Amount Per Serving: Calories: 149Total Fat: 4gCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 4g
Whether you eat plain while it is still warm or toast it later with jam as a topping, Irish Potato Brown Bread is sure to please. I thoroughly enjoyed a slice warmed in the toaster over with strawberry jam on top. It made a wonderful part of a lunch with egg and sauteed kale.
My boys were also very sad when the last slice was eaten. Guess I need to train them on how to make it, too!
Do you grind your own grains at home?
Have you made bread at home or are you still buying it all at the store?
Hi. Can you leave out the gluten?
Hi Renee,
Sorry I didn’t reply right away.
You can attempt it without the extra gluten, but I’ve found it comes out better with it.
This bread looks so good. Thank you for the recipe
It is very good, Elena. I hope you enjoy the recipe.
This sounds so good! Where I used to work we had a bread machine, and we would put the ingredients in early in the morning, and when the bread was done, we’d all take a break and have warm bread with our favorite toppings. It helped make for a collegiate atmosphere, too!
I’ve had times when I was mixing up LARGE batches for bread and didn’t use the bread machine. However, there is something lovely about adding ingredients to the pan, turning the machine on, and then having fresh bread in 3 to 4 hours.
Now I am working on the older boys learning how to use it. Then they can have great breads for snacking or alongside a meal.