Sweet Potato Bread

Name: Sweet Potato Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Sweet Potato (1 cup mashed sweet potato (cooled)); ¾ cup Granulated Sugar (¾ cup white sugar); ½ cup Light Brown Sugar (½ cup packed light brown sugar); 1 ¾ cup All-Purpose Flour (1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (sifted)); 0 pieces Cooking Spray (cooking spray); ½ tsp Kosher Salt (½ teaspoon kosher salt); 1 tsp Cinnamon (1 teaspoon ground cinnamon); ¼ tsp Nutmeg (¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg); ¼ tsp Ginger (¼ teaspoon ground ginger); ½ tsp Baking Powder (½ teaspoon baking powder); 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda (1 teaspoon baking soda); ½ cup Vegetable Oil (½ cup vegetable oil ( or avocado oil)); 2 pieces Egg (2 large eggs); ½ cup Pecans (½ cup chopped pecans (optional)) — optional

Sweet Potato Bread - Breakfast,Brunch,Dessert (American)

75 minAmerican

Servings8

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Steps

1Prep the pan
2Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
3Wet ingredeints
4In a large bowl, combine 1 cup mashed sweet potato and ½ cup vegetable oil; beat well. Add ¾ cup white sugar and ½ cup packed brown sugar and beat until well combined. Add 2 large eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5Dry ingredients
6In a separate bowl, combine 1¾ cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon ground ginger, and ½ teaspoon kosher salt. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture alternately with water, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until combined.
7Add potatoes
8Stir in sweet potatoes and ½ cup chopped pecans if using. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
9Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs, about 55-65 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove to wire rack to cool completely.