Blueberry-sweet Potato Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 -3 large sweet potatoes, unpeeled
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 5 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups frozen blueberries, unthawed

Recipe

• 1 scrub sweet potatoes, and cook in boiling water for 20 minutes, or until soft.
• 2 drain, reserving 1/4 cup liquid; set aside.
• 3 peel, and mash enough sweet potatoes to measure 2 cups; set aside to cool completely.
• 4 sift together next 5 ingredients in a large bowl; set aside.
• 5 in another large bowl, combine by hand the mashed sweet potatoes, 1/4 cup liquid, sugar, eggs, and oil.
• 6 (batter will be lumpy.) add flour mixture to sweet potato mixture, and stir just until moistened.
• 7 (batter will be stiff.) fold in blueberries.
• 8 spoon mixture into 2 greased 11x7x4 loaf pans.
• 9 bake at 350f for 50-60 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
• 10 cool in pans for 10 minutes.
• 11 remove bread from pans, and let cool on wire racks.
• 12 note: you can also use canned or baked sweet potatoes.
• 13 if using the latter, substitute 1/4 cup water for the sweet potato liquid.