Sweet Potato Bread II

A hearty bread with the warm taste of sweet potatoes and the tangy taste of orange juice. This is a great way to use your leftover baked sweet potatoes but canned are fine too.

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

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cups white sugar
• ¾ cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 3 sweet potatoes

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat 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.

Step 2

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 3

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.