Sweet Potato Bread

 

Ingredients

  • 2 med sweetpotatoes, baked and mashed
  • 1 stick butter (1/2 cup), softened
  • ½ cup sugar & ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 ½ tbsp. baking powder & 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon & ½ tsp. nutmeg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup nuts, chopped
  • ½ cup raisins

Optional Streusel

  • ½ cup oats
  • ½ cup nuts chopped fine
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease two loaf pans.
  2. In a large bowl, mix mashed potato, butter, sugars and eggs till smooth with a wood spoon.
  3. Measure and stir dry ingredients together. Add to potato mixture and stir.
  4. Add milk, sour cream, nuts and raisins and stir till well blended.
  5. Pour batter equally into loaf pans.
  6. If streusel desired, combine oats, sugar and nuts and cut in pieces of butter till crumbly. Sprinkle over tops of loaves.
  7. Bake 1 hour until knife comes out clean.

Serves: Makes about 16 servings

Credit: Camille Van Sant