Potato Flake Starter

There is a type of bread starter that is made with dried potato flakes. It is dairy and gluten free.

To make a potato flake starter, you generally use dehydrated potato flakes, mashed potatoes or even the starchy water from boiling potatoes. There are several different methods. They often contain sugar as well.

This is a good introduction to potato flake starters and how to use them.

Whichever version you go with, it's the starch in the potatoes that feed the yeast and bacteria.

Many families have a potato flake starter that has been handed down through generations. Some of these potato flake starters are also a hybrid of Amish Friendship Bread Starters (see below).

Recipes for Potato Flake Starter Potato starters are good for making soft sandwich type breads, although it could be argued you can create the same soft effect with a good milk sourdough bread or even yudane method (scalding part of the flour with hot water).