Sweet Potato Bread Recipe

Whenever we have leftover vegetables in the fridge I try to make bread with them. It seems like the easiest way to use up something that would otherwise just go bad and have to be thrown away. My favorite time of the year is when all of the world is overtaken with zucchini from the garden, and there is so much that people are just giving it away for free. I usually have my own cluster of vines of the stuff, and like to experiment with hiding it in different foods. Zucchini bread, muffins, cookies, cake. The same goes with sweet potatoes, which is what we had a ton of last week. I don't know why I bought so much, but the leftovers were taking over my kitchen, so I baked up some bread using a recipe from one of my favorite cooking websites, www.allrecipes.com.

Here she is (sorry for the boring picture. I would have thrown a flower in there for some color, but that was just too much work at the time):

I usually like bread with a crispy shell and really moist on the inside, however, every inch of this bread was soft and really good. I cut the sugar in half since, really who needs 1.5 cups of sugar in a loaf of bread? Its not like I was going to be eating it for dessert. It was still really sweet, almost cake-like. I think we ate the whole thing in one night. Even baby Z had a piece and was yelling for more. Heres the recipe or click here for the original link.


Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions

1. Combine sugar and oil; beat well. Add eggs and beat. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture alternately with water. Stir in sweet potatoes and chopped nuts.
2. Pour batter into greased 9x5 inch loaf pan (or 2 small loaf pans). Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about one hour.