Maple Glazed Sweet Potato Bread
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Have I mention recently how much I love fall?
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Oh I know; I mention it all the time. Sorry for being so repetitive but it is my favorite time of year. Â It is amazing to see how quickly the leaves are beginning to change. Â The yellows, and reds are beginning to beam as the sunlight shines thru the trees. Â It is breathtaking.
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The view from the kitchen. |
This is our first fall in our new home. Â Last year we didn’t move until past peak and we missed the fall foliage. Â I love looking out my kitchen window every morning to see what new colors are coming to life.
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Before we know it the leaves will be gone and the tree limbs will be glistening with snow; that is of course if you live in the North.
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Now I love watching Mother Nature painting her way thru the season.
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Enjoy the beauty of fall and and a taste of fall with this delicious bread.
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Maple Glazed Sweet Potato Bread
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 9x5 loaves
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups pureed sweet potatoes
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 cup milk
Maple Glaze
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
Instructions
Prepare Sweet Potatoes
- Peel sweet potatoes and cut in to large wedges.
- Lightly toss in vegetable oil and salt and place on a baking sheet.
- Cook in a 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes turning half way until tender.
- Remove and let cool. Put wedges in food process and blend until smooth.
Sweet Potato Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 9×5 inch loaf pans and set aside.
- Using an electric mixer on low speed cream together shortening, sugar, eggs and sweet potatoes.
- Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves.
- Gradually add flour mixture sweet potato mixture alternating with milk until all combined.
- Pour equal amounts in to loaf pans.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes until tester inserted in to center comes out clean.
- Cool on wire rack in loaf pan until cool. Run butter knife around side of loaf pan, turn upside down to remove loaf. Set on wire rack to continue to cool.
Maple Glaze
- Stir confectioners sugar and maple syrup until creamy. Drizzle over loaves and let dry.
Notes
You may cut the glaze in half and only use ½ cup confectioners sugar and ¼ cup maple syrup if desired.
Ooo, I love maple and I bet this glaze makes a perfect addition to sweet potatoes. I love sweet potatoes as a savory side dish so I need to do more exploring with sweet treats with them. I love them no matter what!
looks dee-licious!
oh my gosh… I saw this and gasped. Looks amazing… I totally want to make this! 🙂
Wow, the maple glazed bread looks yummy. Its just simple, perfect and deliciously looking. am craving for it 🙂 nice blog.
I’m dying to make this, but I don’t use shortening and don’t want to buy it just for one recipe. Do you think it would work with butter, margarine or oil instead? Thanks!
Hi Diane. I would substitute shortening with 1 cup vegetable oil. Let me know how it turns out!
What a great recipe! Your photos are mouthwatering.
I love the icing on this! Thanks for sharing at Church Supper. Have a blessed week. See you next Sunday.
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I’ve never used sweet potatoes in baking…this bread makes me want to change that!! That glaze looks a.maz.ing!!
Thank you!
I made this for me and my babies (11 m.o. twins) and we all loved it! I did use vegetable oil and subbed nutmeg for the cloves (and omitted the glaze for the wee ones), and it still turned out great. Thanks for a great recipe!
http://babieslovebakedgoods.blogspot.com/2011/10/sunken-sweet-potato-bread.html
Looks amazing but I think I will try this with butter. Have you experimented omitting the shortening.
I’m sure butter will work just as well in place of shortening. I have not tried it that way yet, but will the next time I try it.