To Make a Peck of Good Bread

Ingredients

• 3 lb potatoes
• 6 pint cold water
• 1/2 pint good yeast
• a peck of flour
• 2 oz salt

Instructions

1. Peel and boil the potatoes;
2. beat them to a cream while warm;
3. then add 1 pint of cold water, strain through a colander, and add to it 1/2 pint of good yeast, which should have been put in water over-night, to take off its bitterness.
4. Stir all well together with a wooden spoon, and pour the mixture into the centre of the flour;
5. mix it to the substance of cream, cover it over closely, and let it remain near the fire for an hour;
6. then add the 5 pints of water, milk-warm, with 2 oz. of salt;
7. pour this in, and mix the whole to a nice light dough.
8. Let it remain for about 2 hours;
9. then make it into 7 loaves, and bake for about 1-1/2 hour in a good oven.
10. When baked, the bread should weigh nearly 20 lbs.