Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Purple Sweet Potato Bread with Pineapple Butter
"The combination of tangy pineapple with spicy sweetness is delicious!"
Ingredients for Bread:
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup mashed purple sweet potato
1/2 cup canola oil
1/3 cup water
Ingredients for Pineapple Butter:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, well drained
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, potato, oil, and water. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
2. Transfer to a greased 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
3. In a small bowl, combine butter and pineapple. Serve with bread.
Labels:
sweet bread
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15 comments:
beautiful and fun... now I need to find a purple sweet tater!
You need to send me some of those purple sweet potatoes so I can try this. What a unique combination. I love stuff like this!
I love baking breads and I really like this one..mean it!
Your recipes are always so original..
US Masala
I haven't been able to find purple sweet potatoes either! But this looks absolutely delicious - love the pineapple butter!
The pineapple butter sounds truly awesome!
I love purple sweet potato but they're hard to get here ... lovely with the pineapple butter, what an exotic combination :)
I would never imagine sweet potato bread as something that I would like to eat, but this looks delicious!
Very nice blog and you have some wonderful recipes! Thanks for visiting mine and I'm glad I found yours!
Looks lovely and moist - love the deep colour you get from the purple sweet potatoes.
(I thought things were looking up here when purple potatoes became available - now the search is on for purple sweet potatoes!)
I love the idea of this and then the pineapple! DOuble yum!
mmm! I would never think to add pineapple!
You can buy Purple Sweet potatoes here: www.stokesfoods.com
What an interesting combination. Pineapple butter. mmmmm
This bread looks beautiful! I love the genius idea of the pineapple butter to pair it with!
Thanks for your kind words on my blog!! This recipe reminds me of living in Hawaii with all the purple Okinawa sweet potatoes :) How unique to incorporate them into a bread!
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