Sweet Potato Bread
Welcome to September’s Secret Recipe Club recipe! This month I was assigned Heather’s blog: Sweet and Savory Tooth. Heather’s blog has an insane amount of recipes ranging from sweet to savory to guilt-inducing to healthy. I debated the almond sticky buns for a very, very, very long time. Then I remembered that I’m suppose to be watching what I eat and that there was no way I could possibly justify making these insanely good look but oh-so-decadent goodies. For the same reason I tried to ignore the twenty-five (25!) cookie recipes on her blog, though I did linger on her Zucchini Cranberry Chocolate Chip cookies since I could somewhat justify the zucchini as being healthy. In the end I decided to make her Sweet Potato Braid Bread and talk about a winner! Not only did it make my entire house smell like fall, it tasted phenomenal. I did make a few modifications in order to be able to use my bread machine, making it even easier to have such an amazing bread.
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups bread flour
- 2 tbsp dry milk powder
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 1/2 cups mashed sweet potato
- 3 tbsp honey
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 tbsp olive oil (can also use canola oil)
- 2 tsp yeast
Instructions
- Add ingredients to bread machine per instructions.
I have a feeling this will bread will be regular in our house, it goes with everything and the ingredients are ones I almost always have on hand. Be sure to check out the rest of the recipes submitted for this month’s SRC!
Guess who had you this month…it was ME!!! Had so much fun reading through your blog and choosing a recipe. Found out too that I stink at song lyrics. Check out which of your recipes I made, hope I did it justice.
Lisa~~
Glad you enjoyed my blog! Fried Green Tomatoes are amazing
Reminds me of my mom’s carrot bread, which is a regular at our house. I love using breads like this for sandwiches — just a little something different makes a big improvement on lunch
This bread was perfect for sandwiches! At some point I want to try the carrot bread in my bread book but I’m a little worried about it tasting too strong…
looks like an awesome choice for SRC. i’ve made sweet potato rolls before that were great, so i don’t know why bread would be any different.
I am a sweet potato addict…seriously…I have them EVERY day. I love the idea of putting them in bread. Since I am gluten-free I will have to tinker with the recipe. Thanks for the inspiration!
I’m a huge fan of sweet potatoes and I’m slowly bringing my husband over to the spud side. Let me know what you end up with gluten-free wise, would love to see that recipe!
Thats a lovely loaf of bread. I think there’s nothing more satisfying than freshly baked homemade bread!
Plus the incredible smell of freshly baked bread for a free bonus!
I love sweet potatoes and can imagine how good they would be in a bread. Now all I need is a bread machine!
Oh, I have to try this one. Sweet potato bread is definitely a must this fall.
This bread is so amazing that it will quickly become a year-round bread!
Brilliant! I love anything sweet potato and this bread sounds amazing.