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How to make sweet potato bread with cranberries

Cranberry Sweet Potato Bread

15 mins prep + 1 hr 15 mins cook
442 kcal
Yields: 8 servings (slices)
With comforting flavors and ultra soft texture, this tasty sweet potato bread is laced with dried cranberries, drizzled with frosting, and perfect for fall.

Ingredients

Cranberry Sweet Potato Bread
Powdered Sugar Glaze (optional)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoon salted butter, softened
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoon milk
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Instructions

For the Cranberry Sweet Potato Bread
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5 bread loaf pan with baking spray, then set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and cinnamon. Set bowl aside.
    1 1/2 cup self-rising flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Using a stand mixer (or a hand mixer + large bowl), whip oil, milk, eggs, and sweet potato until mixed, about 2-3 minutes.
    1/2 cup vegetable oil, 2 tablespoon milk, 2 egg, 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
  • Drop mixer speed to low and slowly scoop in dry ingredients, about 1/2 cup at a time. Continue until all dry ingredients have been added. Mix until there are no clumps, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Remove bowl from mixer. Use a spatula to gently fold dried cranberries into batter.
    1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing out the top. If desired, sprinkle additional dried cranberries on top.
  • Bake bread for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a toothpick tester comes out clean with no crumbs.
  • Allow bread to cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Gently remove bread from pan, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
For the Powdered Sugar Glaze (Optional)
  • While bread cools, add powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and milk to a bowl. Whisk until consistency is smooth with no clumps.
    1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoon salted butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 2 tablespoon milk
  • If mixture is too thick, add up to 1 tablespoon more milk. If mixture is too thin, add up to 1/4 cup more powdered sugar.
Putting it all together
  • Once cooled, drizzle glaze on top of bread and garnish with more dried cranberries as desired.
  • Serve immediately.