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My Sister's Sweet Potato Bread
"This is my sister Barb's recipe. It is the first thing I ever made for my husband when we first met and he flipped over it. He ate a whole loaf driving home from my house!"
photo by Andrew Purcell
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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2 Standard Loaves
ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups mashed canned candied yams or 2 cups sweet potatoes
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg, sweet potatoes and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (except walnuts) together well and add to wet ingredients.
- Stir until just combined.
- Fold in walnuts.
- Pour into 2 standard loaf pans.
- Bake for 75 minutes or until thin knife inserted in center comes out clean.
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Reviews
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Perfectly moist with just the right amount of sweetness. I left out the walnuts (personal preference) and added pecans to one loaf. A little too strong on the cloves so I will cut down next time. Baked beautifully, nice and dense. DH nearly ate an entire loaf in one day! This will be the perfect bread for holiday gift giving. -
I've made this recipe a couple times as muffins--and it's awesome! Great flavor and texture. Unlike most muffins, they're good even a few days later--moist, but not too moist! I used liner papers and drizzled them with a simple powdered sugar frosting. I called them "marry me" muffins because of the story and folks loved them! -
Very good. Halved the recipe using 2 eggs instead of 3 and canola oil, but otherwise made it as directed. Very soft, fluffy and delicious!
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Pretty good bread, but everyone told me I put too much cloves. Maybe I'll lower it by just a tad, but otherwise good bread. I also used half splenda and half applesauce for the oil. Thanks!
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Barb is my new She-ro! I just baked and tried it. Delicious and was sooo very easy! (I'm going to try it with my over ripened bananas also because this turned out better than that 'bread' recipe I've been using since dirt was made). Since it called for baking powder and soda, I went ahead and used self-rising flour like I do in most / sich instances. Since I was in a rush, I baked in 11x14 pan and baked at 350 for about 35-40 mins. It was so soft and moist that it cracked in several spots when I turned it over to put in the cake carrier/saver. I'm not big on frosting, glazes, streusels (too sweet to me) but other folks in this house are. So I whipped up cream cheese, butter, vanilla and a dash of milk to 'glaze' it. I wolfed it down, glaze and all! Try it, you WILL like it! Thanks for sharing! -
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I've made this a couple of times and loved it. I can't believe I forgot to review it! I haven't tried it with walnuts but have added raisins instead. It is fabulous with a little cream cheese. -
I forgot to mention helpful hint: I used a 29 oz can of yams. Drained and mashed, it came to a wee bit over 2 cups. I of course used it all ??.
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Fantastic bread! I cut the cloves to 1/2tsp, used pecans instead of walnuts and added a cup of dried cranberries. Delicious. Sweet, but not too sweet. A big hit. -
Very good. Halved the recipe using 2 eggs instead of 3 and canola oil, but otherwise made it as directed. Very soft, fluffy and delicious!
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This bread is so good.I've never made sweet potato bread before and I wasn't sure if I would like it.I think it's just as good if not better than pumpkin bread.I did use applesauce in place of half the oil and I added some frozen cranberries which made it even more delicious! I only added half the amount of cloves and ginger and added a little nutmeg.It was the perfect amount of spices for me.I will be making this again soon!
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<p>I live in Pa (outside of Philadelphia) and cooking, baking, cross-stitching and reading are my hobbies. <br /> <br />I collect cookbooks and cookie stamps/cutters and have a pretty big collection of both. I am also a fan of all things Amish, so I have quite a collection of things picked up in Reading, Lancaster and surrounding areas here in Pennsylvania. <br /> <br />I have 4 kids, who are the loves of my life and cooking for them and my husband keeps me on my toes! ;) <br /> <br />We bought an ice cream parlor in March 04 and it's been quite an experience! <br /> <br />Note: I love getting feedback on my recipes; all I ask is that you actually *make* them before reviewing them. <br /> <br />Also, if you make changes or substitutions, I'd love to see your suggestions and/or comments, but I'd appreciate no rating at all if it's not made as posted. Too many recipe reviews state margarine subbed for butter (if I list butter, it's REAL butter), different spices, low-fat ingredients, whole wheat flour instead of white, etc. The recipes will not work/taste as intended, so it's really not fair to rate them as such. <br /> <br />I'd also really appreciate it if you refrain from rating a recipe if you overcook or overbake it or it you don't refrigerate or store as listed. <br /> <br />I, of course, will adhere to the above when rating recipes, too! <br /> <br />Thanks and have a great day! <br /> <br />My Rating System: <br /> <br />***** A delicious recipe that was thoroughly enjoyed. It has excellent, detailed directions and is perfect as is. If a dish is especially easy, and I'm on the fence, I will give it 5* for ease even if it's very good instead of great. Something I will definitely make again. <br /> <br />**** Excellent recipe but confusing directions that I will make again in my own less confusing way OR Very good recipe that I'll probably make again if I find the time! <br /> <br />*** Good/OK recipe but probably not something I would make again OR Very Good recipe that doesn't have clear, detailed directions. <br /> <br />** Recipe was edible but not really enjoyed and will not be made again. Work involved not a good trade-off for the end result. <br /> <br />* Not edible and probably an error in the recipe. I feel that I pick recipes with ingredients our family likes, so in my opinion, there's an error somewhere. If there's a chance I made the error, I won't rate the recipe. ;) <br /> <br /><img src=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/lauralie41/swapbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <br /> <br /><a href=http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/?action=view&current=cookieswapparticip.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/cookieswapparticip.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a> <br /> <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/honey-pot-print-c10069558.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /> <br /><a href=http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/?action=view&current=09holidayparticipationbanner.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/09holidayparticipationbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a></p>
