Cranberry-Sweet Potato Bread
From American Institute for Cancer Research, www.aicr.org
25 minutes prep time | Serves 12
What you need:
- Canola oil spray
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4c light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/3c canola oil
- 1c mashed canned sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp orange extract
- 1-1/2 c all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp allspice or mace
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 c chopped dried unsweetened cranberries
What you do:
- Lightly coat a standard loaf pan (8x4- or 9x5-inch) with canola spray. Set aside.
- Set rack in middle of oven and preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, oil, sweet potatoes, and extracts until well combined.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, spices, and baking soda. Make a well in center of sifted dry ingredients and add sweet potato mixture. Mix until just combined. (Don’t beat batter until it’s smooth.)
- Lightly stir in cranberries.
- Transfer batter to the loaf pan.
- Bake 50 to 60 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Remove bread from oven and cool for 10 minutes on a rack. Remove from pan and set back on rack to cool completely. Seal bread tightly in plastic wrap, then foil. Tightly wrapped in both, bread can be refrigerated up to 1 week or frozen up to 1 month.
Per serving: 228 Calories, 3 g Protein, 38 g Carbohydrates, 2 g Fiber, 7 g Total fat (1 g sat, 4 g mono, 2 g poly), 128 mg Sodium, Vitamin A, Vitamin B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), Copper, Manganese, Selenium




