Vegan Sweet Potato Bread

This sweet potato bread recipe is a Southern favorite, modified for a vegan diet. It's made with sweet potatoes, bananas, cinnamon, and pecans.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 295 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chopped sweet potato
• 1 over-ripe banana
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 0.5 cup chopped pecans
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 0.33333334326744 cup water
• 0.125 teaspoon baking powder
• 1.75 cups sifted all-purpose flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 1 hour.

Step 3

Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add sweet potatoes and cook until tender, 20 to 30 minutes; drain. Place sweet potatoes in a bowl and mash with a potato masher until smooth.

Step 4

Stir sugar and oil together in a bowl until well mixed; beat in banana. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Alternate stirring the flour mixture and 1/3 cup water into the sugar mixture until combined. Mix in sweet potatoes and pecans; stir until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.