Sweet Potato Bread

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Sweet Potato Bread

Yield: 2 loaves
Prep time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Total time:2 hour and 20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 7 to 7-1/2 cups white flour
  • 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 packages dry yeast
  • 4 tablespoons melted butter (1/2 stick)
  • 2 cups very warm water
  • 1-1/2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 cup toasted sesame seed
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tablespoon water

Directions:

  1. Mix 5-½ cups white flour with all the whole wheat flour. Pour 2-⅓ cups of this flour mixture into a bowl and add sugar, salt, and yeast. Mix in butter and gradually stir in 2 cups water.
  2. Beat 2 minutes with electric mixer at medium speed and scrape bowl from time to time.
  3. Add sweet potatoes and ½ cup of flour mixture, and beat at high speed for 2 minutes.
  4. Mix in remaining flour mixture, ½ cup at a time, and enough additional white flour to make a soft dough.
  5. Turn out onto floured board and knead until smooth.
  6. Place in buttered bowl, turn to grease top, cover, and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
  7. Punch down and knead in 3 tablespoons sesame seed.
  8. Divide dough in half, place in 2 greased 9-inch loaf pans, cover, and let rise until doubled.
  9. Mix egg white with 1 tablespoon water and brush over tops of loaves. Sprinkle with remaining sesame seed and bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until done.

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