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Spiced Sweet Potato Bread

Name: Spiced Sweet Potato Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 loaf.
Ingredients: 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1-1/2 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 2 eggs; 1-1/2 cups mashed sweet potatoes (about 2 medium); 1/2 cup canola oil; 6 tablespoons orange juice; 1/2 cup chopped pecans

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Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour + cooling

Makes

1 loaf

Updated: Sep. 30, 2022

This moist and spicy bread from Rebecca Cook Jones of Henderson, Nevada gives a true feeling of fall. “My family isn’t fond of traditional sweet potatoes, so I make this yummy bread instead,” says Rebecca.

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Ingredients

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups mashed sweet potatoes (about 2 medium)
1/2 cup canola oil
6 tablespoons orange juice
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine first eight ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk eggs, sweet potatoes, oil and orange juice. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pecans.
Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

Spiced Sweet Potato Bread

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