Sweet Potato "Pie" Bread with Marshmallow Glaze
By
Lynnda Cloutier
@eatygourmet
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Ingredients
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·2 cups flour
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·1 tsp. ground cinnamon
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·1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
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·1/2 tsp. salt
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·1/2 tsp. baking powder
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·1/2 tsp. baking soda
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·1/4 tsp. ground mace
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·1 stick unsalted butter, softened, 8 tablespoons
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·3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
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·2 eggs
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·1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato
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·2/3 cup buttermilk
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·1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
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·marshmallow glaze:
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·1/2 cup marshmallow creme
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·1 tbsp. heavy cream
How to Make Sweet Potato "Pie" Bread with Marshmallow Glaze
- Preheat oven to 350.Coat six 4 x 2 1/2 inch mini loaf pans or disposable foil mini loaf pans with nonstick spray.
- Whisk together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and mace in a bowl. Set dry ingredients aside.
- Using a hand mixer, cream together butter and brown sugar in a bowl til mixture is light an fluffy. Beat eggs into creamed mixture one at a time, fully incorporating the first before adding the second.
- Heat mashed sweet potato in small skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly to evaporate excess liquid, about 5 minutes. Gently stir sweet potato into the creamed mixture to blend.
- Alternately stir the flour mixture and buttermilk into the creamed mixture, starting and ending with flour mixture. Stir only til ingredients are mixed. Stir in pecans.
- Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake loaves til golden and toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool loaves in pans on a rack for 15 minutes, then emote from pans and cool completely on rack. Whisk together marshmallow creme and cream in a bowl til smooth. Drizzle glaze over tops of thoroughly cooled loaves.
You can make these ahead and allow to cool completely. Wrap loaves in freeze paper and freeze up to 1 month. To serve, thaw loaves to room temperature before applying marshmallow glaze.Use a fork to drizzle the glaze over the tops of these little loaves. You can also serve slices of the bread with the marshmallow glaze on the side for dunking.