Vegan Sweet Potato Bread

Ingredients

• cup chopped sweet potato
• 1/2 cup swhite sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• over-ripe banana
• 3/4 cup ssifted all-purpose flour
• teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add sweet potatoes and cook until tender, 20 to 30 minutes; drain. Place sweet potatoes in a bowl and mash with a potato masher until smooth.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
3. Stir sugar and oil together in a bowl until well mixed; beat in banana. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Alternate stirring the flour mixture and 1/3 cup water into the sugar mixture until combined. Mix in sweet potatoes and pecans; stir until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 1 hour.