Sweet Potato Bread with Cinnamon Walnut Almond Streusel

Good Morning all!  Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving.  I did.  Three Thanksgivings under my belt, one more to go next week!  The season of gluttony has arrived. And in case you have not already, don't forget to set your scale back five pounds to resolve the guilt from over indulging.  :)

But are you stuck with left overs you aren't thrilled about eating?  Then I have a pretty present for you.   If you have some baked sweet potatoes make this bread. If you don't have any, go bake or boil some right now.  Yes, sweet potatoes, the orange ones.  Trust me.  This tastes so good with a cup of coffee in the morning.  Exactly what I am eating now. While in bed. Squish squish. 

I was going to make my usual pumpkin bread, but decided to replace the pumpkin with some extra sweet potatoes I had.  And then I remembered my left over roasted walnuts too from last week's cupcakes.  And this delicious thing was born. 

You can make full sized loaves (makes 2).  Or mini ones.  Because everything mini is cuter right?

Sweet Potato Bread

Makes 5 mini loaves, or 2  9x5 loaves. Bake at 350*  for 40 - 60 min depending on pan size.

2 eggs

1 1/2 c sugar

1/3 c vegetable oil

1/2 c cold water

1 cup mashed sweet potato (plain, baked or boiled)

2 c flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

3.4 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

1. In one bowl, mix dry ingredients together and set aside.

2. In stand mixer bowl, add wet ingredients and stir until well combined.

3. Add flour mixture to wet mixture, 1/2 c at a time and mix on low until well incorporated.  

4. Pour batter into two well sprayed loaf pans or into five mini pans.  Do not fill over half way. 

Cinnamon Walnut Almond Streusel 

2/3 c roasted walnuts

1/3 c roasted almonds

1/2 c flour

1/2 c brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

3 tbl melted butter

Directions:

1. Mix together nuts, flour, sugar and cinnamon.

2. Melt butter and pour over mixture. Knead together.  Mixture should be clumpy.  Sprinkle mixture evenly over loaf pans filled with batter.  And bake.

This was my first time making a streusel!  Look how lovely it looks! 

I think i may actually like sweet potato bread better than pumpkin bread! It rises up fluffy at fat.  It browns perfectly.  

If you slice it down the middle, its firm but moist.  And if you shove it in your mouth its delicious.  Not overly sweet, but still sweet enough for me.  What's not to love?

If you make lots of mini loaves they'd make excellent holiday baking presents too.  

Or an excellent gift for yourself because its the Holidays and you deserve to stuff your face guilt free. (Okay, set the scale back ten pounds back...)

xoxo,

Anna