Golden Thread Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups raw sweet potato, peeled and shredded
• 1/4 cup raisins or 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon mace or 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup shortening (or butter)
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 combine sweet potatoes and raisins (or cranberries -- add as many as you like). sprinkle with lemon juice. mix lightly and set aside.
• 2 combine flour, 1 c sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and mace (or nutmeg). sift together into a large bowl.
• 3 cut shortening (or butter) into dry ingredients with a pastry blender (or two butter knives) until pea-sized bits form.
• 4 beat egg in a small bowl. add orange juice and water. fold liquid into dry ingredients by hand until flour is just moistened. fold in sweet potato mixture.
• 5 place batter in a greased 9x5 loaf pan. combine 1 tb sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle on top.
• 6 bake at 350f for 50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. remove from pan and cool on rack.
• 7 notes: this recipe takes a small sweet potato or half of a large one. the original called for two 9x5 loaf pans and baking for 40 minutes, but i like the bigger single loaf. the substitutions in parentheses are also my changes from the original.