My Sister's Sweet Potato Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups mashed canned candied yams or 2 cups sweet potatoes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg, sweet potatoes and vanilla.
• 3 in a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (except walnuts) together well and add to wet ingredients.
• 4 stir until just combined.
• 5 fold in walnuts.
• 6 pour into 2 standard loaf pans.
• 7 bake for 75 minutes or until thin knife inserted in center comes out clean.