Sweet Potato Bread

Sweet Potato Bread

Recipe type: bread Yield: 1 loaf Prep time: 45 mins Cook time: 3 hrs Total time: 3 hrs 45 mins

A quick and sweet bread

Ingredients:

2                       Sweet potato

1 3/4 C + 2 T   All-purpose flour

1/2 T                Baking soda

1/2 t                 Baking powder

1/2 t                 Cinnamon

1/2 t                 Ginger

1/4 t                 Nutmeg

1/4 t                 Allspice

1/2 t                 Salt

1 1/4 C + 2 T   Dark brown sugar

4 T                    Butter – room temperature

2                       Egg

1/3 C               Buttermilk

 

Streusel

1/3 C     All-purpose flour

1/4 C     Light brown sugar

1/4 t     Cinnamon

1 pinch  Salt

1/4 C    Pecan – chopped

1/4 C    Butter – melted

Directions:

1. Wash sweet potatoes and wrap in aluminum foil.
3. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
5. When cool, peel and set aside.
7. In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and salt.
9. Mix well.
11. In a stand mixer with a paddle, cream together butter and brown sugar.
13. Add baked sweet potato and mix until combined.
15. Add eggs one at a time.
17. Take turns adding dry ingredients and buttermilk into egg mixture, mixing until thoroughly combined.
19. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
21. Prepare the streusel by combining all dry ingredients.
23. Add melted butter, combining to create a crumbly texture.
25. Top sweet potato batter with streusel.
27. Bake at 350 degrees for 1½ hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
29. Turn out onto a wire rack and cool for 20 minutes before serving.

Published on October 23, 2019 by Teri Williams