Sweet Potato Tea Bread

Sweet Potato Tea Bread

Unsalted butter, at room temperature, for greasing the pan
½ cup all purpose flour, plus more for flouring the pan
¼ cup baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (I used about ½ teaspoon plus a sprinkling of cinnamon)
¼ cup cold mashed sweet potato (about 1 small sweet potato baked, peeled and mashed)
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons vegetable oil1
tablespoon buttermilk (I had no buttermilk so I used half and half)
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 medium egg

Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350. Lightly butter and flour a 5x3” loaf pan.Place the flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice in a mixing bowl and whisk to blend.Place the sweet potatoes, sugar, oil, buttermilk, vanilla and egg in a small bowl and whisk to blend.Add the sweet potato mixture to the flour mixture and stir until dry ingredients are just moistened.Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake 26-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.Cool bread in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove the bread from the pan and cook completely. Serve warm or at room temperature.