Sweet Potato Bread
Ingredients
⒈／⒉ cup granulated sugar
⒈／⒉ cup brown sugar, light or dark
2 large eggs
⒈／⒉ cup vegetable oil, or sunflower or corn oil
? cup water
1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato
1? cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
⒈／⒋ teaspoon salt
⒈／⒉ teaspoon ground cinnamon
⒈／⒉ teaspoon ground nutmeg
⒈／⒉ cup pecans, roughly chopped
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F/180°C.
In a large bowl, whisk together the sugars, eggs, oil, water, and the mashed sweet potato.
In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg).
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients; mix until there are no dry patches of flour, but do not overmix (this is very important).
Fold in the chopped pecans.
Pour batter into a greased 8.5 x 4.5–inch loaf pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
Allow the sweet potato bread to cool completely on a rack before removing from the pan and serving.