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Zucchini Sweet Potato Bread

May 8, 2008 by Joy the Baker 94 Comments

Did you know that they sell quick bread box mixes in grocery stores!?  I think that’s so strange.  Fake flour, loads of sugar, and ultra dehydrated blueberries in a box to be mixed with water and eggs.  This concerns me… deeply.  Exactly how quick does a quick bread have to be to make it in this world?

I think homemade quick breads are dreamy.  With enough creativity and guts, you can throw just about anything into a quick bread and call it delicious.  This go around I tried zucchini and sweet potato.  The combination produced a full and unique flavor:  not too heavy on the zucchini or sweet potato flavors.  And of course, because I’m me, I also loaded the bread with spices, nuts and cranberries.  You can modify if to your taste, I make room for that in the recipe.  Because, yes, I care.

What’s your favorite kind of quick bread?  If you say the boxed kind, I swear, I’ll scream.

Zucchini Sweet Potato Bread

adapted from Bon Appetit Magazine,  November 1992

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2 cups all-purpose flour (I used 1 cup all-purpose and 1 cup whole wheat flour)

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cloves (the nutmeg and the cloves are optional, you’ll just have a less spicy bread)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups sugar (I used 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 cup brown sugar)

3/4 cup vegetable oil (I used 1/2 cup oil and 1/4 cup apple sauce.  Less fat.)

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cup grated zucchini

1 1/2 cup peeled and grated sweet potato

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 cup dried cranberries (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Butter and flour a 9x5x3- inch loaf pan and set aside.  Sift the first 7 ingredients into a medium sized bowl.  In a seperate, large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla extract.  Mix in the zucchini and sweet potato.  Add the dry ingredients and stir just to combine.  Fold in the nuts and cranberries and stir well.

Transfer batter to prepared pan.  Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.  Cool bread in pan on a rack for 15 minutes.  Loosen the edges of the bread with a butter knife and turn out on a rack to cool completely.  Can be prepared 1 day in advance.  Wrap in foil and keep at room temperature.

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  1. Miriam

    August 22, 2012 at 9:50 am

    I just made this quick bread last night and loved it. I actually used already cooked sweet potato that I mashed (I’d cooked up a bunch of them in my slow cooker and needed to do something with them). It turned out great!

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  2. Son

    February 23, 2012 at 8:07 am

    I have never made bread… and tried it for the very first time! I’m not sure if it was the home-made apple sauce I substituted for the store bought one, but the bread was a complete disaster. Tasted really good, but its as burnt on the outside and soggy inside. I used a cast iron breast pan- perhaps that was the problem? Do you have any suggestions for how to adjust baking directions when using a cast iron pan? Thank you!

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  3. Kat @ The Indie Domestic

    September 7, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    I just made this a second time and healthified it even MORE. I posted my recipe on my blog (here: https://indiedomestic.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/zucchini-carrot-superbread/ ). I even added spinach…just trust me. Joy, you’re inspiring as always!

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