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Cranberry Sweet Potato Beer Bread ~ Sumptuous Spoonfuls #beer #bread #recipe

Cranberry Sweet Potato Beer Bread

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
  • Yield: 2 loaves 1x

Ingredients

Scale

Wet ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 cup cranberry sauce
  • 1/4 cup Jack Daniels (or other) whiskey
  • 1 1/4 cups Leinenkugel Orange Shandy (or other fruity beer)
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1/3 cup plain nonfat yogurt
  • 1/4 cup real maple syrup

Dry ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup flaxmeal
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Mix-ins:

  • 3/4 cup fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
  • 3/4 cup dried cranberries (craisins)
  • 3/4 cup toasted pecans, roughly chopped

For the top: A couple Tablespoons raw sugar and a few more pecans


Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Put the sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and whiskey in a handi chopper or food processor and process to a puree. Put the puree in a large mixing bowl, add the rest of the wet ingredients and stir it all together.
  2. Add the dry ingredients and stir until fully mixed. Fold in the craisins, cranberries and pecans into the batter.
  3. Divide the batter into the two bread pans and sprinkle the tops of the loaves with raw sugar and pecans. Bake at 350 for about 1 hour 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Notes

RECIPE SOURCE: http://www.sumptuousspoonfuls.com/

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