By cooking.nytimes.com

Sweet Potato Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Ingredients

9 servings

3 tablespoonswater

warm

2 ¼ teaspoonsactive dry yeast

from a 3/4-ounce packet

2 ¾ cupsbread flour

plus more for kneading

2 ½ teaspoonskosher salt

½ teaspoonnutmeg

freshly grated

¼ teaspoonground mace

5 tablespoonsunsalted butter

at room temperature, plus more for greasing

⅓ cupdark brown sugar

1egg

large

¾ cupsweet potato purée

from about 1 large sweet potato

1 tablespoonheavy cream

half-and-half or milk, for brushing

1 cupgolden raisins

or dark, or a combination

⅓ cupbread flour

¼ teaspoonbaking powder

¼ teaspoonkosher salt

1 teaspoonground cinnamon

plus more for sprinkling

1 ½ tablespoonsunsalted butter

room temperature

2 tablespoonsdark brown sugar

1egg

large

Instructions