Brown Butter Sweet Potato Bread

Name: Brown Butter Sweet Potato Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups gluten free flour; 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder; ¾ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; ⅓ cup dark brown sugar; ⅓ cup granulated sugar; 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, browned; 2 eggs, at room temperature; 1 cup sweet potato puree; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup very finely chopped pecans; Honey cinnamon butter, optional

by Whisked Away

12 slices

55 min

Brown Butter Sweet Potato Bread. The nuttiness of the brown butter complements the slight sweetness of the sweet potato. I also added pecans that I finely chopped in a food processor to the point where they were almost butter. It spreads the flavor of the nuts throughout the bread and you never come across a big chunk of pecan (which is great for 11-year olds who don’t like nuts in anything). I also made honey cinnamon butter to slather on top, but believe me, it tastes great plain. I made mine gluten free but all-purpose flour works just as well!

Brown Butter Sweet Potato Bread

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Recipe details

Yield 12 slices
Time spent: Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 45 Minutes Total time: 55 min

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a loaf pan (I used 8 ½”x4 ½”).
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and the sugar for about 3 minutes on medium speed. Add the eggs, sweet potatoes and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the flour mixture all at once and mix until the flour is just combined. Fold in the pecans.
Transfer to the loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs attached. Let rest in the pan for about 10 minutes and then invert onto a cooling rack to cool for at least another 10 minutes. Slice with a serrated knife, slather with butter and serve.

Comments

Marilyn on Jan 22, 2021

can you just use regular flour?

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- Whisked Away on Jan 24, 2022
  
  Yes, you can use regular flour ☺️
  
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Chris Holtz on Jan 23, 2021

Are the sweet potatoes cooked

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- Bklyn Cowgirl on Jan 29, 2021
  
  Yes. Boil them or nuke them and then mash.
  
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- Whisked Away on Jan 24, 2022
  
  I roast them at 400ºF with skins on for about 40 mins or until fork tender. Let them cool and scoop the flesh out. You can mash or pop into a food processor.
  
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