Irish freckle bread

Irish freckle bread

Ingredients/Components

• sugar - 1/2 c
• salt - 1/2 tsp
• flour
• water - 1 c
• eggs, beaten - 2 item
• stick margarine or butter, melted - 1 item
• ground mace - 1/2 tsp
• small potato - 1 item
• currants or raisins - 1 c
• envelopes dry yeast - 2 item

How to make irish freckle bread:

Cook potato in 1 cup water until tender. Mash potato and add water to make 1 cup and return to pan. Stir in currants. Cool to lukewarm. Put yeast into 1/2 cup warm water in large bowl. Stir until yeast dissolves. Stir in potato mixture, eggs, sugar and melted oleo. Stir in 2 cups flour with salt. Turn onto board. Knead until smooth. Place in greased bowl. Let rise 1 hour until double. Punch down. Divide in half. Makes two 8-inch round breads. Let rise again. Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Recipe categories: Breads, Yeast breads, Irish.