African - Elephant - Foot- Bread Recipe

How to make it

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• Place potato, flour, salt and dried yeast into a mixing bowl and make a well in the center.
• pour in the warm water and mix to a dough with the dough hooks
• knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic
• shape into a ball and place in a greased bowl............
• loosely cover with greased plastic wrap and leave in a warm , draft -free place until the dough has doubled in size................
• knock the bread back and knead for 2- 3 minutes
• shape the dough into a ball, place on a floured baking sheet and gently flatten the top a little.................
• with a sharp knife, make 2 incisions , close together on one side of the loaf, then continue cutting along the edge to form the elephants toe-nails............
• loosely cover the dough with the greased plastic wrap and leave to rise in a warm place until the loaf has doubled its size.........
• meanwhile , preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
• bake for approximately 60- 75 minutes, or unitl the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom..............
• stand the bread on a wire rack to cool.................
• i usually do a egg wash on top when i cook the bread i like the shiny glaze look.but you dont have too................
• mmmmmmmmm cant you just smell it baking nothing like the smell of fresh baked bread ..................