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Sweet Potato Bread

Name: Sweet Potato Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 2 loaves.
Ingredients: 3 cups sugar; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 cups cold mashed sweet potatoes; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup chopped pecans, optional

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Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour + cooling

Makes

2 loaves

Updated: Oct. 04, 2022

We raise and sell sweet potatoes on our farm in the lower part of Texas panhandle. Years ago, a customer shared his wife's sweet potato bread recipe with me. It's been a family favorite ever since. —Joan Helms, Quitaque, Texas

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Ingredients

3 cups sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups cold mashed sweet potatoes
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans, optional

Directions

In a bowl, combine sugar, eggs, sweet potatoes and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice cinnamon, salt and baking soda; stir into potato mixture. Fold in nuts if desired. Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 slice: 145 calories, 1g fat (0 saturated fat), 20mg cholesterol, 78mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (21g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

Sweet Potato Bread

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