Sweet Potato Orange Bread Recipes

PECAN SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl until smooth. Stir in sweet potatoes, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves until well blended.
• Place all the baking mix in a large bowl; stir sweet potato mixture into baking mix until batter is just blended. Fold in pecans. Divide the batter evenly between the two loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Cool loaves in the pans for at least 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack, at least 2 hours.

SWEET POTATO BREAD II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Wash sweet potatoes, slice lengthwise and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until tender, about 30 minutes. Let cool, peel and mash.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar, eggs and oil. Stir in orange juice and 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Stir flour mixture into egg/sweet potato mixture until just combined. Fold in pecans if desired. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour 25 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean.

SWEET POTATO BREAD I

Steps:

• Combine sugar and oil; beat well. Add eggs and beat. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture alternately with water. Stir in sweet potatoes and chopped nuts.
• Pour batter into greased 9x5 inch loaf pan (or 2 small loaf pans). Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about one hour.

SWEET POTATO ORANGES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Prepare oranges by cutting tops off, 1/4 to 1/2 inch down. Spoon out the flesh, leaving a shell.
• In a large bowl combine sweet potatoes, sugar, orange juice, eggs, vanilla extract, 1/2 cup butter and grated orange peel. Spoon mixture into orange shells. Place in a deep casserole dish.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine remaining 1/2 cup butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans. Cook until sugar dissolves in melted butter. Spoon over oranges. Fill casserole dish with water to reach 1/2 inch in depth.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.

ORANGE SWEET POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• Place sweet potato in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until almost tender. Drain. Arrange potato and orange slices in a 2-cup baking dish., In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, water, nutmeg and salt. Cover and microwave on high for 30 seconds or until mixture is melted and smooth, stirring once. Stir in orange zest. Pour over potato and orange., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until potato is tender, spooning glaze over potato and orange occasionally. Sprinkle with pecans if desired.

ORANGE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until tender. Drain. When potatoes are cool, peel and cut into 1/2-in. slices. Arrange in a greased shallow 3-qt. baking dish; set aside., In a large saucepan, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the orange juice, honey, butter, water and orange zest. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in walnuts. , Pour mixture over the potatoes. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 minutes or until heated through.

GLAZED CRANBERRY SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, pie spice, baking powder and salt. In another large bowl, combine the eggs, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pecans. , Pour into 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55-60 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. In a small bowl, combine the glaze ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cooled loaves.

SOUTHERN SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Add sweet potatoes, milk and orange zest; mix well. Combine flour, allspice and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture. Mix just until combined. Fold in nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Cool completely. , In a bowl, combine spread ingredients; beat until smooth. Serve with bread.

SWEET POTATO BREAD WITH CINNAMON-RUM-ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Position oven rack in the center of oven; preheat oven to 350 degrees; butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed; mash the sweet potatoes until smooth (this will make about 2 cups).
• Add in the sugar and oil; mix to combine.
• Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition; scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt.
• Add the flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture in three batches, mixing well after each addition; scrape down sides of bowl; do not overmix; stir in pecans.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; spin the pan to level the batter.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes before inverting onto the rack for glazing.
• Make the glaze: combine the orange juice, rum, sugar, and cinnamon sticks in a small saucepan.
• Bring to a simmer over low heat and reduce by half.
• Remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly before glazing.
• Using a pastry brush, brush the glaze generously over the still-warm bread; wait 10 minutes and glaze again.
• Serve at room temperature.