Sweet Potato and Orange Bread

A hearty sweet potato breakfast bread with orange juice and warm spices offers a light citrus contrast to the sweet potatoes.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 331 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 3 sweet potatoes
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon ground allspice
• 0.75 cup orange juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar, eggs and oil. Stir in orange juice and 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Stir flour mixture into egg/sweet potato mixture until just combined. Fold in pecans if desired. Pour batter into prepared pans.

Step 2

Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour 25 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Wash sweet potatoes, slice lengthwise and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until tender, about 30 minutes. Let cool, peel and mash.