Do you ever buy these cute Christmas mini loaf pans? I buy a bunch for $1 each and give them to friends for Christmas with a homemade bread in them. I made Mini Gingerbread Raisin Loaves last year for Christmas gifts. (That’s a great recipe!) There’s so many pretty ways to package these breads for gift-giving. You can buy a roll of cellophane and gather it with a bow or buy a Christmas cellophane bag to slide it into. They have cute packaging products at Michael’s Craft Store and iparty!
This recipe makes one 8 x 4 bread and three 3 x 5 breads. Check for cooking times below.
Don’t let the delicious crusty streusel topping fool you. These breads are very moist inside and keep well for days. You can even freeze them ahead for the holidays! I love them!
Sweet Potato Streusel Bread
Ingredients
2 1/3 cups sugar
3 1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups (cooked and cooled) mashed sweet potatoes
2 large eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
Streusel Topping
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray the inside of the bread pans with nonstick spray and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl on medium speed, beat the potatoes, eggs, oil, and water until smooth. Add the dry ingredients (from step #2) to the potato mixture. Mix until combined. Pour the batter equally into the bread pans and set aside.
4. To make the streusel topping, combine all of the streusel ingredients in a small bowl until well blended.
5. Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over each bread.
6. The 3 x 5 breads take about 40 – 45 minutes to cook. (Test them in the center with a tooth pick and remove them when the tooth pick comes out clean.)
The 8 x 4 bread takes about 55 – 62 minutes to cook. (Be sure to test them with a tooth pick.)
This recipe is linked to:
Pot Luck Sunday at Mommy’s Kitchen
Hearth & Soul Tuesday Blog Hop
Love sweet potato bread, and those look wonderful, but I am impressed you find those cute loaf pans for $1!!!
Love this recipe! I really love sweet potatoes and am always looking for something new to do with them, this looks awesome and easy to make.
I love these little loaf pans! and your recipe sounds wonderful!
Im going to save it and try it this Holiday Season.
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Oh Jane – what a lovely post! The little pans are just adorable – I love to give gifts from the kitchen too. Gonna have to try this wonderful recipe soon. So glad you shared – your pictures are so nice.
those look wonderful! I’m starting my baking this week, wonder if this would work with pumpkin puree?
I think pumpkin puree would be fine. I just wanted to try sweet potatoes for a change!
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what great gifts
Yummm, I love sweet potatoes, I should make this(: It’d be a great present to give to people!
Oh! Those pans are so adorable…I love them! This is such a fun idea for gifts…I know I’d be happy to get a loaf….of course anything sweet potato is perfect by me! Thanks for sharing with the hearth and soul hop this week, Jane!
I actually just bought some pans like those last weekend! I’m going to make some pumpkin bread to go in them and give them away to family and friends at Christmas. I love your recipe, too! I’ve never tried sweet potato bread! :)
I’ve never seen a recipe like this before, and it looks amazing! I love sweet potatoes!
Delicious! I see those little pans and think they are so cute and would make great gifts but I’ve never bought any. Your recipe would make great gifts!
I know this is an older post but would sure love to know where you found the pans. I want to be on the lookout for some similar this coming Christmas. Thanks.
Hi Susan,
I believe I got them at Michael’s Craft store, but I have seen them at the Christmas Tree Shop and other paces.
Thanks for your response.