Bread Sweet Potato or Squash (Bread Machine)

Name: Bread Sweet Potato or Squash (Bread Machine)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: • 3/4 cup water (leftover sweet potato or squash water is awesome!); • 1/2 cup cooked sweet potato or sweet squash; • milk; • peeled shredded apple or other fruit of your choice – (I used a left-over peach that had been sitting in the fridge, just chopped it into small pieces); • 2 teaspoons olive oil (or oil/butter of your choice); • 3 1/2 cups bread flour (I like to use a mix – 1 cup white, 1 1/2 cup whole wheat, 1/2 cup nut/seed mix, 1/2 cup kamut flour – organic when possible.); • 1 tablespoon maple syrup (or you can use brown sugar, molasses or honey); • a dash of salt; • 1 teaspoon bread machine yeast

4 steps

I made this bread in my bread machine with leftover sweet potatoes from our Thanksgiving Dinner and it was fantastic! This does not make a heavy, orange loaf. It is one of the lightest recipes I have with a perfect chewy crust. Makes 1 1/2 Pound Loaf.

Updated at: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 17:55:02 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories157.5 kcal (8%)

Total Fat1.6 g (2%)

Carbs30.7 g (12%)

Sugars3.2 g (4%)

Protein4.6 g (9%)

Sodium28.3 mg (1%)

Fiber1.3 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

¾ cupwater

leftover sweet potato or squash water is awesome

½ cupsweet potato

cooked, or sweet squash

milk

apple

peeled shredded, or other fruit of your choice, I used a left-over peach that had been sitting in the fridge, just chopped it into small pieces

2 teaspoonsolive oil

or oil/butter of your choice

3 ½ cupsbread flour

I like to use a mix - 1 cup white, 1 1/2 cup whole wheat, 1/2 cup nut/seed mix, 1/2 cup kamut flour - organic when possible

1 tablespoonmaple syrup

or you can use brown sugar, molasses or honey

salt

1 teaspoonbread machine yeast

Instructions

Step 1

Add milk to the sweet potato mixture to equal 2/3 cup.

Step 2

If ingredients are out of the fridge it may help to bring them to room temp, (or cool if you are cooking the sweet potatoes/squash). I did mine straight out of the fridge with no problems.

Step 3

Add ingredients to your bread machine according to your manufacturer’s instructions (wet or dry ingredients first)

Step 4

And voila! Sweet Potato or Squash bread fresh from your bread machine.