Blueberry-Sweet Potato Bread
"There is a subtle sweetness to this bread that is lovely to the taste buds and pretty to look at."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
2 loaves
ingredients
- 2 -3 large sweet potatoes, unpeeled
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups frozen blueberries, unthawed
directions
- Scrub sweet potatoes, and cook in boiling water for 20 minutes, or until soft.
- Drain, reserving 1/4 cup liquid; set aside.
- Peel, and mash enough sweet potatoes to measure 2 cups; set aside to cool completely.
- Sift together next 5 ingredients in a large bowl; set aside.
- In another large bowl, combine by hand the mashed sweet potatoes, 1/4 cup liquid, sugar, eggs, and oil.
- (Batter will be lumpy.) Add flour mixture to sweet potato mixture, and stir just until moistened.
- (Batter will be stiff.) Fold in blueberries.
- Spoon mixture into 2 greased 11x7x4 loaf pans.
- Bake at 350F for 50-60 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
- Remove bread from pans, and let cool on wire racks.
- Note: You can also use canned or baked sweet potatoes.
- If using the latter, substitute 1/4 cup water for the sweet potato liquid.
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Reviews
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Quite a nice recipe for the fall. The sweet potatoes make the loaves a pretty orange. The blueberries are nicely unexpected. Makes two very large, moist loaves. Thanks for the recipe, Tish! -
Delicious, moist bread that everyone will never know there's sweet potatoes in... I made it for my co-workers and had requests for the recipe. Easy enough to make for the beginning baker, too.
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TishT
Las Vegas, Nevada
I live in Las Vegas. I was lucky enough to run into Recipezaar around Nov. 2000 and got hooked quickly. I am a cookbook collector and have been collecting recipes for as long as I can remember. My DH had to build in shelves for all my cookbooks! I like to dabble with OAMC and for a few years hosted the Budget/OAMC forum with some great people over there. Even though I don't work in the forum any longer I've set up a lot of cookbooks for the purpose of OAMC and stretching food that might be helpful. Please feel free to check them out! I go on food jags and cooking jags! Please come say hi to me and chat on facebook. I currently host a blog for saving money through finding deals and coupons if you are interested. Most of the time I try to cook and have a good dinner on the table but I'll be honest enough to say there is still fast food occasionally in the budget! I have had such wonderful support here whenever I need it. Thank you all for being here! Just a quick note on how I rate recipes:
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