Sweet Potato Bread Recipe

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Sweet Potato Bread has such a great mix of fall flavors, with sweet potatoes and spices like cinnamon and cloves baked into every bite.

Cook Time1 5

Total Time1 5

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 300kcal

Preheat the oven to 325ºF and grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
In a small mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, oil, egg, vanilla, milk and sweet potato until smooth.
Add half of the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined.
Then stir in milk, and lastly, the remaining dry ingredients. Mix just until combined.
Gently fold in the walnuts or pecans if using.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in a preheated oven for 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
Loosen the edges of the loaf from the pan using a butter knife or icing spatula, then remove from the pan to finish cooling on a wire rack.
While the bread is cooling, make the icing. In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar and milk until smooth. You want a thick but pourable icing that spreads evenly over the loaf without running down the sides. Start with two tablespoons of milk and add a few drops more until the right consistency is reached.
Drizzle icing over the bread.

Store the Sweet Potato Bread in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.