Sweet Potato Bread
This is the last of my “Thanksgiving Leftovers” posts…
I’d asked my friend Tricia brought sweet potatoes (among other things) on Thanksgiving, and boy did she take her job seriously! There was no way we were going to run out of sweet potatoes. She brought a casserole and also whole sweet potatoes, which we boiled. There were so many leftovers, we debated about throwing them out right away.
I couldn’t do it. I just HATE throwing food away. Tricia, I hope you’re reading this, because I want you to know what I did with all those sweet potatoes…
First, I boiled the ones that we hadn’t even cooked, then I mashed all of them up with a fork. It turned out that I had 12 cups of mashed sweet potatoes to deal with. Well, I froze 10 cups and put the other 2 cups in sweet potato bread. We ate it for breakfast the next day. My two-year-old thinks it’s a cookie! The frozen portions will most likely meet the same fate.
Here’s the recipe:
Sweet Potato Bread
makes 2 loaves / prep. time: 15 minutes / baking time: 1 hour
2 2/3 c. sugar
2/3 c. shortening
2 c. blended sweet potato
2/3 c. water
4 eggs
3 1/3 flour
2 t. baking soda
1 1/2 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. ground cloves
1/2 t. baking powder
Soften the shortening and add the sugar. Put the sweet potato and water in your blender and blend away! Add the eggs and blend a little longer until they are incorporated. Add this to the sugar mixture. Now add the dry ingredients and fold it all together. Pour into greased loaf pans — about halfway. I filled one large and two small pans. Bake at 350 an hour or longer, you can tell if it’s done by inserting a knife or toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean, it’s finished. If the toothpick comes out with gooey batter on it, bake it a little longer.
When cooling quick breads, they often don’t want to come out of the pan. Lay the pan on first one side, then the other side to cool. Then gently turn upside down and tap on the bottom. If that doesn’t work, slide a knife around the edges and carefully pry it out.
The kids love all quick breads toasted and with butter.
Add comment November 30th, 2006