I still have more pumpkin recipes I want to try, but I thought I’d make something with sweet potatoes, just for a change. 🙂 I saw this recipe in an issue of Country Living, and it sounded really good. It’s actually called Sweet Potato Pound Cake, but I thought the texture was more like a sweet bread than a pound cake—it’s a little lighter—so I’m calling it a bread. My friends and I really liked the taste, and it comes out of the loaf pan so easily. If you like sweet potatoes, this is a great way to enjoy them!
Sweet Potato Bread
SWEET POTATO BREAD by NancyC, adapted from Country Living
Makes two 9 x5 ” loaves
3 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups leftover mashed sweet potatoes or 1 (29-oz.) can sweet potatoes, drained and mashed (I used the canned sweet potatoes)
4 large eggs, at room temperature
3/4 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 325˚F. Grease and flour two 9×5-inch loaf pans; set aside.
In a medium bowl, sift the first six ingredients. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugars, and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Blend in mashed sweet potatoes, and then the eggs, one at a time. Add flour mixture in thirds; combine ingredients just enough to blend.
Spoon batter evenly into greased and floured pans. Sprinkle pecans over batter. Bake until toothpick inserted in center of loaves comes out clean, about 55 to 60 minutes (the original recipe says 70 to 80 minutes, but my loaves were done much sooner than that). Cool in pans for 15 minutes, then remove loaves from pans and cool completely on a wire rack.
Recipe from NancyC | nancy-c.com
Since this recipe makes two loaves, you could probably dig into one while it’s warm and save the other for later! 🙂 What do you like making with sweet potatoes?
Sharing at Weekend Potluck, Thursday Favorite Things, Full Plate Thursday, Tasty Tuesdays, Wonderful Wednesday, Inspire Me Monday, Hearth & Soul, Silver Pennies Sundays, Happiness is Homemade.
NancyC 
30 responses to “Sweet Potato Bread”
YUM! I am totally making this for Thanksgiving Day! I LOVE Sweet Potato anything!! Thanks for sharing the recipe with us! : )
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Mmm. Perfect for Thanksgiving! I would love it if you’d come on over and link this up to Foodie Friday.
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I think this is something I just might have to make for Thanksgiving.
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Found your blog through links! Hey if you would ever like to be featured for either a project you have done or any recipes you have than please come one over to our site.Thanks for letting me visit
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I wonder if this would work in the bread machine…I want to try it!
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Well, I’m not totally sure about that, but I saw that you made some pumpkin pecan bread in your machine, so I don’t see why this wouldn’t work-you’ll have to let me know!
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Wow – this looks SO TASTY! Yum 🙂
~Aubree Cherie
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I never thought of doing this but it sounds really yummy.
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Sweet potatoes and pecans both grow like crazy in Texas, and my pantry is full of both! I am a big fan of sweet potatoes in baked goods and I would love to give this bread a try!
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That looks and sounds really good!
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So cute i love this. if you ever would like to be featured or would like to share a recipe or a find (re-do furniture) please come become a follower and email us…Great site and were a new follower as well!!!!
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Great! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
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Nancy – looks delicious! Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase Party! I greatly appreciate it! I’ll be featuring this today – stop by and grab a feature button if you like. Hope you are enjoying your week! ~ Stephanie Lynn
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I love that this is made with sweet potatoes…a slight change of pace. It sounds wonderful for a cool fall morning! Thanks for sharing the recipe. 🙂
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Looks really good! I always put apples in my sweet potatoes, so I think I will add some to this too!
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This Sweet Potato Bread looks fabulous. I think I need to try this too.
Carolyn/A Southerners Notebook
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I love sweet potatoes so this sounds really good to me. By the way, I’m holding a CSN giveaway on my blog and you’re welcome to come by and enter. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/11/45-csn-giveaway.html
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I spied this recipe in CL too. Now that you’ve reviewed it, I am going to have to make some for sure!
Blessings!
Gail
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I saw this recipe too, but had forgotten about it until I saw your post. Thanks for reminding me! I will be trying it soon!
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This looks much more like a yeast bread and yet no yeast! I cannot wait to try it – definitely going to be for breakfast on Thanksgiving day!
Debbie – Admin for http://www.france-travel-info.com
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Nancy, this is perfect for this time of the year. I love to have this type of recipe to take to someone, because I still have a loaf at home for us. I’m always so glad that you have tried the recipe before posting it. Sometimes, I am leary of trying a recipe w/o a recommendation. Thanks for linking this to Favorite Things Sat. laurie
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I like making two loaves of something, too, Laurie…it’s nice to have an extra to give someone else!
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I never would’ve thought to put sweet potatoes in a bread, but this looks divine! It’s on my list of things to try 🙂
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hi there! wanted to let you know we featured this post on the FoodPress.com homepage today. the bread looks delicious! thanks! jane
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Thank you, Jane! I love the new FoodPress site!
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I LOVE sweet potatoes! I’ve never had sweet potato bread before… I’ll have to try it!
Thanks for linking up to last week’s What’s Cooking Wednesday!
Be sure to stop by and link up some more great recipes!
http://notsohomemade.blogspot.com/2010/11/from-scratch-pumpkin-pie-1110-whats.html
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This looks amazing! Sweet potatoes are possibly my favorite food on earth.
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I love them, too–thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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your site is nice, please keep it up and keep making good food 🙂
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Thank you–thanks for visiting!
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