Crusty White Potato Bread

This is a bread that bakes with a hard crust on the outside and soft flavorful bread inside.

1 loaf

1 ¼ tsp dry yeast

1 cup warm water

2 Tbs sugar

¾ Tbsp potato flakes

1 ¼ Tbsp wheat gluten

½ Tbsp salt heaping

¼ cup vegetable oil

1 egg

3 cups bread flour

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1 egg yolk (optional)

1 Tbsp sesame seeds (optional)

Put in bread machine and choose the dough cycle.
Heat oven to 400 °F.
Punch down and put into a loaf pan, let rise till double. About 30 minutes. (Or shape the dough and place on parchment paper.)
Brush risen loaf with egg yolk and sprinkle with the sesame seeds.
Place in a preheated 400 °F oven for 15 minutes.
Reduce temperature to 350 °F, bake for 45 minutes more.
Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes. Remove loave from pan and place on a wire rack to cool.