Last year’s post-Thanksgiving treat was a brownie made with leftover mashed potatoes. This year, in keeping with the "use-up-the-potatoes" theme, here's a loaf of Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Bread made with leftover sweet potato casserole.
Sweet Potato Casserole is obviously a little sweeter than straight up mashed sweet potatoes, but in this case it doesn't matter much. Sweet or not sweet, it works in the bread.
Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Bread
1 scant cup granulated sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potatoes or sweet potato casserole (8 oz)
1 ½ cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (7.25 oz)
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
½ cup toasted walnut pieces
½ cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with flour-added cooking spray or grease as usual. You could also use a smaller loaf pan, but might have to adjust bake time.
Stir the sugar, oil, eggs, milk, vanilla and sweet potatoes together in a large mixing bowl.
Stir the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a second bowl, making sure ingredients are well-mixed. Add the flour mixture, walnuts, and chocolate chips to the sweet potato mixture and stir, without over-beating, just until the ingredients are well mixed.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs. Let the bread cool in the pan for about 20 minutes, then remove from pan.
Anna says
Hi Eva,
Thanks so much for taking the time to review. Have a great week!
eva says
Anna,
This was a great recipe! Not too sweet and wonderful with coffee. Thanks for sharing and helping me use up my sweet potatoes.
Tim says
Dawn,
I use sweet potatoes, yams, and most winter squashes interchangeably. I like butternut and acorn squashes both better than I do pumpkin. It works well. Trust your palate instinct.
Tim
Anna says
I think the chocolate chips might make it too dessert-like, but the chile peppers would probably be good. I'd use cayenne or chipotle powder.
Andy says
I'm going to make a sweet potato marshmallow casserole (with walnuts) to bring to xmas brunch. I was thinking of adding chocolate chips and chils. Am I nuts?
Anna says
Hi Alton!
Thanks for trying it. It means a lot to me since it was kind of "experimental". We liked it too, but it's always good to get an objective review from another baker.
Alton says
Anna, I tried this and it was so very good. I took it to my card club and there was none left! I made it in my Wilton Lemon cake pan and it came out so great. I put some of the marshmallows in it and next time I am going to put more. I posted this as my recipe of the week on CLBB's Sunday game of the week.
JK says
Thanks for this post! I had a bowl of sweet potato puree left in the fridge from my sweet potato pie & I was just wondering what I should do with it!
Judith says
I would be honored to have you share this recipe with my readers. I will provide a link back to your site.
http://www.best-potato-recipes.com/sweet-potato-recipe.html
Thanks in advance for considering!
Judith
C L says
Anna, your timing is perfect! 🙂 My "assignment" for the family feast was sweet potatoes. I candied them to a fare-thee-well with butter and honey and a touch of cinnamon. Very little left but maybe just enough to bake this delicious sounding quick bread. 😉
dawn says
come see what I just did with sweet potato. it was so good. you know I'm tempted to make a loaf (like this one) with butternut squash. yes? no?
Katrina says
I LOVE sweet potato anything. I even put some leftover casserole in my oatmeal this morning, so I would love this. I promised myself no baking today. And well, since I just did last night's dishes at 4 p.m. today, there isn't really time! Have a great weekend.