Cinnamon And Sweet Potato Bread

By Nanadi-2

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 About 1 1/2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes (2 medium or 1 very large), cooled
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup buttermilk (or yogurt, Greek yogurt, or sour cream)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• pinch salt, optional and to taste

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from grandmotherskitchen.grandmotherskitchen.org

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degreesF. Spray one 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with floured cooking spray or grease and flour the pan; set aside.

To the sweet potatoes, add the eggs, oil, buttermilk, vanilla and whisk until combined; set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients - flour, sugars, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, optional salt, and whisk to combine. Pour the wet sweet potato mixture over the dry ingredients, and stir to incorporate. Stir and fold with a gentle hand as to not over-mix and over-develop the gluten, which results in tougher bread.

Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula.

Bake for 60 to 70 minutes for a 9x5 pan, or until top is domed, golden, loaf is springy to the touch, and cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Tent pan with foil in the last 15 minutes of cooking if top is browning a bit fast before interior has cooked through.

Allow bread to cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.