I invented this tonight for my cookbook, though I can't decide if it should be listed under Breads or Desserts. It's similar to a banana bread in that it's sweet but not overwhelmingly so. In fact, it does have one mashed banana in it, in addition to mashed sweet potatoes, whole wheat flour, and roasted pecans from my Uncle Dale's farm in Arkansas.
I've never invented my own bread recipe, but it seems pretty foolproof. I followed a basic formula that I've seen repeated in other bread recipes for ratios of baking soda, baking powder, flour, fat, and liquid. If you look closely, many recipes call for similar proportions.
However, since most recipes I looked at called for eggs, I was a little afraid this bread wouldn't turn out as well without them. But it seems like the mashed banana and baking powder did the trick for binding and rising. Who needs eggs anyway?
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Yum! Pecans! I need to get on the banana/zucchini/sweet potato bread trip, I've never made one.
ReplyDeleteSweet potatoes = love. That bread looks AMAZING with the pecans!!
ReplyDeleteThe bread looks fantastic! But, just in case, you should probably get some people to test it out for you. And yes, I would be willing to help out in that way. Because I'm awesome like that. :)
ReplyDeleteDitto to Katy's post, I'm totally willing to try out the delicious recipes in your book. As for the books, they area MUST read. I really enjoyed them. I don't usually get hooked on books, but these totally took over my life for about two weeks. I highly recommend them. Let me know what you think, I'm interested in your opinion about them.
ReplyDeleteI would have never thought to make bread out of a sweet potato, but why? It sounds delicious. I can't wait for your cookbook to come out, you can teach a unknowing Midwestern girl how to cook up Southern food right!
ReplyDeleteI was going to say the same thing as Katy and volunteer to be a tester for this recipe (it seems several of us had the same idea)! I love sweet potatoes!
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Bianca!
I've never tried sweet potato bread before! It looks amazing =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the egg replacer trick!! It always makes me nervous to try different ways, because I never know how my baked goods will turn out. I can't WAIT for this recipe...sweet potatoes are my faaavorite.
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea! I loooooove sweet potato pie :)
ReplyDeleteBianca you have done it again. A beautiful bread. How did you get such an orange colour? Are you using those orange sweet potatoes that you guys use in the US?
ReplyDeleteLooks delish!A co worker was looking over my shoulder at work today and said what a lovely bread!
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Tay
Who does need eggs? Certainly not humans! That sounds like a really great idea. I'm a huge fan of sweet potato!
ReplyDeleteIt's sometimes seems to be so difficult to replace egg
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed by your bread !
and mmmmh I love sweet potatoes...
holy sh*t that looks freak'n amazing! i would slather every slice of that in margarine and stuff it in my face! oh my awesomeness!
ReplyDeleteIt looks delish! (sadly, there are no local sweet potatoes here...)
ReplyDeleteThese temptations of a cookbook coming from a vegan in Memphis, where everyone looks at you sideways when you tell them you don't eat meat, are killing me! How soon do you think you will be done?? :)
ReplyDeleteI want this bread.
ReplyDeleteI sure as hell don't need eggs! And sweet potatoes are definitely very versatile, I love them so much.... I recently saw something on food network where a lady made a sweet potato pound cake. Yum. Can't wait to try yours out someday...
ReplyDeleteI love sweet potato bread - it's been a while since I made it; always put my pecans on top with maple or brown (Succanat) sugar. I like crushed/whizzed flax seeds - the sweet potatoes do some binding on their own, too.
ReplyDeleteNow, the real trick would be to make a vegan Chess Pie...
Latayy - here in the US, we use yams and sweet potatoes, and usually they are all called "sweet potatoes." Yams are the orange kind and sweet potatoes are white/light inside.