Cinnamon Sweet Potato Bread

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  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Cook Time

    1 hr

  • Total Time

    1 hr 20 mins

  • Servings

    12

  • Calories

    279 kcal

  • Course

    Breakfast, Bread

  • Cuisine

    American

Cinnamon Sweet Potato Bread

🍁🍠🍂 Wondering what to do with those leftover sweet potatoes? Make this quick bread recipe! Sweet potatoes do a wonderful job of keeping this bread extremely soft and moist. It's almost like cake it's so soft, springy, and bouncy! 

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Ingredients

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  • 1 ½ cups mashed sweet potatoes 2 medium or 1 very large
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup canola or vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup buttermilk (or yogurt, Greek yogurt, sour cream, or buttermilk powder mixed with the proper amount of water as stated on package)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray one 9-by-5-inch loaf pan (what I used), or two 8-by-4-inch loaf pans, or a 10-cup Bundt pan, or a muffin pan with floured cooking spray or grease and flour the pan(s); set aside.
  2. Peel the sweet potatoes and chop them into 1-inch sized chunks. Place chunks in a large, shallow microwave-safe bowl. Add 3 tablespoons water, cover with plastic wrap, and cook on high power for 15 to 17 minutes, or until potatoes are very fork-tender. (Or boil in a pot of water on the stove, drain very well). Pour off any water. Mash sweet potatoes with a fork. Allow them to cool momentarily so you don't scramble the eggs.
  3. To the mashed sweet potatoes, add the eggs, oil, buttermilk, vanilla and whisk until combined; set aside. (I used buttermilk powder and added 1 tablespoon powder to the dry ingredients and 1/4 cup water to this wet mixture)
  4. In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients - flour, sugars, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, optional salt, and whisk to combine.
  5. Pour the wet sweet potato mixture over the dry ingredients, and stir to incorporate. Take your time stirring until no stray bits of dry ingredients are visible, folding and scraping the bottom of the bowl with a spatula as necessary because it's very easy to miss dry ingredients hiding at the bottom of the bowl in this batter. Stir and fold with a gentle hand as to not over-mix and over-develop the gluten, which results in tougher bread.
  6. Turn batter out into prepared pan(s), 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; if it takes longer than 70 minutes, so be it - bake it longer. Baking Times - I estimate that 8x4 loaves will take about 40 to 45 minutes, a Bundt about 1 hour, muffins about 18-20 minutes, but I haven't tried those versions and they are just guesstimates. No matter what, always bake until your item is done, however long that takes in your oven given your pan.
  7. Allow bread to cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

  • Storage: Bread will keep at room temperature for up to 5 days. I store my bread by wrapping the completely cooled loaf in plastic wrap, and then placing loaf inside a gallon-sized Ziplock. It can be frozen for up to 3 months. 

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1slice Calories 279kcal (14%) Carbohydrates 44g (15%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 11g (17%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g Monounsaturated Fat 6g Trans Fat 0.04g Cholesterol 28mg (9%) Sodium 210mg (9%) Potassium 107mg (3%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 26g (52%) Vitamin A 2409IU (48%) Vitamin C 0.5mg (1%) Calcium 30mg (3%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 279 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 1slice
Calories 279kcal 14%
Carbohydrates 44g 15%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g 18%
Monounsaturated Fat 6g 30%
Trans Fat 0.04g 2%
Cholesterol 28mg 9%
Sodium 210mg 9%
Potassium 107mg 2%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 26g 52%
Vitamin A 2409IU 48%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Calcium 30mg 3%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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