My Sister's Sweet Potato Bread

Karen=^..^='s Note:

This is my sister Barb's recipe. It is the first thing I ever made for my husband when we first met and he flipped over it. He ate a whole loaf driving home from my house!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 Standar ...

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups mashedcanned candied yams or 2 cups sweet potatoes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg, sweet potatoes and vanilla.
3. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (except walnuts) together well and add to wet ingredients.
4. Stir until just combined.
5. Fold in walnuts.
6. Pour into 2 standard loaf pans.
7. Bake for 75 minutes or until thin knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Reviews

[Osamu]

Very good. Halved the recipe using 2 eggs instead of 3 and canola oil, but otherwise made it as directed. Very soft, fluffy and delicious!

[Hadice]

Perfectly moist with just the right amount of sweetness. I left out the walnuts (personal preference) and added pecans to one loaf. A little too strong on the cloves so I will cut down next time. Baked beautifully, nice and dense. DH nearly ate an entire loaf in one day! This will be the perfect bread for holiday gift giving.

[Chef Julianne]

I've made this recipe a couple times as muffins--and it's awesome! Great flavor and texture. Unlike most muffins, they're good even a few days later--moist, but not too moist! I used liner papers and drizzled them with a simple powdered sugar frosting. I called them "marry me" muffins because of the story and folks loved them!