Description
Sweet potato bread is a moist, dense, perfectly sweet and spiced quick bread that is perfect for autumn breakfasts, afternoon tea, or on a holiday table.
Ingredients
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- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar light or dark
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil or sunflower or corn oil, Note 1
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato Note 3
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour sifted, Note 2
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup pecans roughly chopped
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C), or 160°C for a fan oven. Line a 9×5 inch (approx 23×13 cm) loaf pan with parchment paper.
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In a large bowl, whisk together the sugars, eggs, oil, water, vanilla extract, and the mashed sweet potato.
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In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg).
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Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mix until there are no dry patches of flour but do not over mix (this is very important).
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Fold in the chopped pecans.
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Place the loaf pan in the oven and bake for approximately 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
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Allow the sweet potato bread to cool completely on a rack before removing from the pan and serving.
Notes
- You can substitute applesauce for all or some of the oil in this recipe.
- Wheat flour can be used in place of all-purpose flour, but keep in mind that the bread will be a little dense.
- Canned sweet potato puree can be used in this recipe, or you can boil sweet potatoes or steam them and make the mash yourself.
- Batter will be wet and loose, and that’s what you’re looking for.
- This bread is super moist and tender, it does not break (but it’s not dry). And it’s not overly sweet, the sweetness level is just right.
- This recipe can be used to make muffins, but adjust the baking time to 20-25 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories: 289kcal
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 166mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 39g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 31mg