Banana Sweet Potato Breakfast Bread
Rich, moist sweet potato bread is a great way to start your day with a cup of coffee or as a yummy after school snack.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup peanuts , roasted and salted
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut , sweetened
- 1 medium-sized sweet potato , baked and peeled
- 2 ripe bananas , peeled
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs , slightly beaten
Instructions
- Stir together flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, peanuts, raisins and coconut. Set aside.
- Add sweet potato and banana flesh to a large bowl. Mash well. Add brown sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs. Stir together. Add flour mixture and stir only until the dry mixture is wet. Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan. Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from pan after 10 minutes and cool on a rack.
- MY NOTES ~ I omitted the peanuts and raisins at my son's request.