Granny's Sweet Potato Bread |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 125 Minutes |
Ready In: 145 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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One of my favorite recipes made by my grandmother and handed down to me. My Granny made this bread as a sweet treat, but it was great for breakfast. Ingredients:
1 sweet potato |
1 1/4 cups white sugar |
1/2 cup canola oil |
2 eggs |
1 2/3 cups sifted self-rising flour |
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
1/3 cup water |
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional) |
cooking spray |
1 cup brown sugar |
1 teaspoon butter |
1/2 cup chopped pecans |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Wrap sweet potato in aluminum foil.
2. Bake sweet potato in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Set aside to cool.
3. Whisk white sugar and canola oil together in a bowl. Add eggs; mix well. Sift flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg into sugar mixture. Slowly whisk water into flour-sugar mixture until incorporated.
4. Peel sweet potato; mash into the batter. Fold in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
5. Reduce oven temperature to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
6. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour.
8. Heat brown sugar and butter in a small saucepan over low heat until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Pour glaze over bread.
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