Best Potato Tarragon Bread Recipes

TARRAGON & CHIVE POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Combine 3 cups flour and yeast in a large bowl.
• Heat milk, sugar, salt and butter until butter melts, and stir into dry ingredients in bowl along with soup, sour cream, chives and tarragon.
• Beat in more flour, gradually, until dough becomes too stiff to stir.
• Turn out onto floured surface and knead 5 to 8 minutes, adding only as much flour as needed to produce a dough that is smooth, elastic and just past the point of being sticky.
• Put in a large oiled bowl, and cover with plastic wrap.
• Allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
• Punch down, and divide in half to make 2 loaves.
• Pre-heat oven to 375F (400 at 6000 ft).
• Place loaves in well greased pans, cover and let rise until doubled in bulk (about 30 minutes).
• Bake bread in the center of the oven for 30 minutes, or until browned and hollow sounding when tapped (May have to cover with foil tent the last 10 minutes to prevent excessive browning).
• Brush hot loaves with butter.
• Remove from pans and place on rack to cool.

POTATO TARRAGON BREAD

Steps:

• Make 1 ½ Pound Recipe with bread machines that use 3 cups flour, or make 2 Pound Recipe with bread machines that use 4 cups flour.Measure carefully, placing all ingredients in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.Select Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Do not use delay cycles. Remove baked bread from pan, and cool on wire rack.1 slice: 170 calories (35 calories from fat) 4g fat (1g saturated) 20mg cholesterol 310mg sodium 30g carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber) 4g protein.SUCCESS TIPWe found from our testing that for good texture and volume, slightly less yeast is needed in the 2-pound loaf than is needed in the 1 1/2-pound loaf.Try ThisFor a delicious Potato Chive Bread, use the same amount of freeze-dried chives or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives for the tarragon.From "Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook, The Goodness of Homemade Bread the Easy Way." Text Copyright 1999 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.