Saturday, October 25, 2014

Recipe for the day ~ Sweet Potato and Coconut Bread


Sweet Potato and Coconut Bread
(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tspns baking powder
1 tspn baking soda
1 tspn freshly ground cinnamon
1/2 tspn freshly ground nutmeg
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 2/3 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes
1 tspn vanilla extract
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350
Grease a 10-inch tube pan or 2 loaf pans
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a bowl
Beat butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy, about 2 minutes
Gradually beat sugar into creamed butter until fully incorporated, about 3 more minutes
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating each egg completely before adding the next
Beat in sweet potatoes and vanilla extract until well mixed
Stir in flour mixture, coconut and walnuts into butter mixture until just combined
Pour batter into prepared tube pan or loaf pans
Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean



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