Grannys Sweet Potato Bread Recipes

GRANNY'S SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Wrap sweet potato in aluminum foil.
• Bake sweet potato in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Set aside to cool.
• Whisk white sugar and canola oil together in a bowl. Add eggs; mix well. Sift flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg into sugar mixture. Slowly whisk water into flour-sugar mixture until incorporated.
• Peel sweet potato; mash into the batter. Fold in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• Reduce oven temperature to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Heat brown sugar and butter in a small saucepan over low heat until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Pour glaze over bread.

SOUTHERN SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Add the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice to a mixing bowl. Whisk to combine the dry ingredients together.
• Next, add the vegetable oil, eggs and milk to the dry ingredients and combine using a hand mixer.
• Next, add the mashed sweet potatoes and mix to combine.
• Next, dust the pecans and raisins with flour then add the the bread batter. Mix to combine.
• Spray a 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray (or grease with shortening) and add the batter.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until done.
• All the bread to cool before serving.