Best Bread: Sweet Potato Bread

This recipe is very reminiscent of my pumpkin bread recipe. Not surprising considering it uses the same warm, fallish spices and sweet potato is similar to pumpkin. The recipe itself is for butternut squash which I will make someday but my boyfriend isn't a fan of the squash so I used Sweet Potato Puree instead. I can't stop slicing of chunks of it to eat. 


I found this recipe on Tastespotting which linked me to 'My Baking Addiction' and oh man is this bread addicting!
After the jump

Butternut Squash Bread

Ingredients
1 cup butternut squash purée -> I used sweet potato but will try the squash next time, promise!
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1 cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cardamom

*I added chocolate chips 'cause everything is better with chocolate*

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the butternut squash puree, eggs, oil, water and sugars until thoroughly combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom.
3. Stir the dry ingredients into the butternut squash mixture. Combine just until incorporated; do not over mix. Pour into the prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 55-65 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Notes
1. Make it your own…this is the perfect base recipe to play around with, toss in some mini semi sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate, nuts, dried cranberries, etc. Have fun and get creative!