Recipe: Sweet Potato Bread

Listed under the Bed and Breakfast section, try this easy recipe on for size some morning on the weekend. Louisiana is known for its excellent sweet potatoes, something definitely treasured in Lafayette!

Sweet Potato Bread

From: Voila! Lafayette Centennial Cookbook 1884 – 1984

Yield: 6 – 8 servings


Ingredients:

½ cup butter

½ cup sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon salt

3 cups grated raw sweet potatoes


Directions: Cream butter and sugars in large mixing bowl. Blend in eggs. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Fold in grated sweet potatoes.

Pour into well-greased 8-inch black iron skillet. Bake in preheated 350-degree F. oven for 1 hour or until tester comes out clean.

Recipe - Vegetarian Cornbread

Dennys Low Gluten Southern Cornbread - This is very low-gluten and wonderfully moist and satisfying. White corn meal cornbread is lighter than yellow. Fast and easy for beginner cooks! Vegetarian too!

Photo by Denny Lyon - from my kitchen to yours!

Recipe - Oven Pancake

Dennys Louisiana Lyon Oven Pancake - Vegetarian! Great for a quick supper or brunch with a minimum of fuss mixed in one bowl and baked in one pan - and this pancake is long on presentation! This is a version of the Dutch baby oven pancake. The only sugar in the recipe is if you serve it with powdered sugar. High in protein and very filling, it is about 400 calories if served to only two people - so no need to add sausage or bacon.

Summary:
heat your pan in the oven before you begin mixing,
melt the butter in the pan until bubbling,
pour in the batter and
let the beauty rise to the occasion in the oven,
bake about 20 - 25 minutes.
serve with lemon wedges and powdered sugar.

WARNING: Can be addicting!