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An olive oil & whole wheat sweet potato bread recipe: Fall comfort food with a healthy Italian twist. Recipe from Gourmet Project, an Italian food blog.
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whole wheat sweet potato bread recipe

Course bread
Cuisine healthy
Servings 1 loaf
Author Claudia Rinaldi | Gourmet Project

Ingredients

  • 3 medium sweet potatoes or whatever equals (I had a big and a medium)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 11 oz whole wheat flour 320 gr
  • 5,3 oz brown sugar 150 gr
  • 5,3 oz heavy cream 150 gr - I used a vegan version: coconut cream
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3 teaspoons mixed winter spices allspice, ginger, cinnamon
  • 1 extra teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.

  2. Wrap the sweet potatoes in foil and bake them for 40-60 minutes, depending on their size: wait until they're fork-tender.

  3. Mix the dry (flour, sugar, spices, baking soda) and the wet ingredients (eggs, vanilla extract, olive oil) in two different bowls.

  4. When the potatoes are ready, peel them, mash them with a fork or a masher and add them to the wet ingredients.

  5. Mix all the ingredients using a wooden spoon. Notice that it will not be a cake texture dough, nor a bread one. It will be right in the middle.

  6. Place the mixture into a plum cake pan lined with baking paper.

  7. Set the oven to 160°C/320°F and bake the bread for 40-45 minutes.

  8. Enjoy it for breakfast with butter and jam.