The flavors of late summer and early fall come together beautifully in this deliciously fragrant Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread.
After a string of gorgeous summer days at our lake house in Grand Isle, Vermont, last Thursday, a cold front moved in from Canada and that morning we awoke to a cool and crisp morning. My son even put on a sweatshirt for the first time this August. It was the perfect day to stay in, turn on the oven, get cozy and do some baking.
Zucchini bread is a favorite at our house, loved by both kids and adults and a few weeks ago I shared one of our favorites, these delicious Spiced Zucchini Bread Mini Loaves. I was in possession of a nice big zucchini from one of my favorite farm stands, but wanted to do something a little different. With fall right around the corner, I thought it was a good time to pull out an old favorite recipe for Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread.
Sweet potatoes and zucchini go so nicely together and I love that this recipe combines zucchini — a summer veggie, with sweet potato — a fall veggie, perfect for this time of year, when we are transitioning between the seasons.
This recipe makes one good sized 9-inch x 5-inch loaf and has a bake time of over an hour. So, once I popped the loaf in the oven, the kids and I settled down for a marathon session of Lincoln Logs. The kids were creating some great things — my 7-year old son made an impressive bunch of pontoon boats– but the delicious smells coming from the oven were very distracting and my twin 3-year old girls couldn’t stop asking when the zucchini bread would be ready.
When this wonderful Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread was finally ready to come out of the oven, I barely had time to let it cool down and slice it up before my girls pounced on it. My son, who can be picky about his baked goods – he doesn’t like anything with chunks of fruit or veggies or nuts – was a bit skeptical when he spotted some orange bits from the grated sweet potato. He did give it a try, but it wasn’t his favorite, he prefers my Spiced Zucchini Bread Mini Loaves. But, that’s ok, I’m glad he tried it and everyone else in the family loves this delicious Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread.
A slice of this delicious Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread is wonderful for breakfast along with a cup of coffee. This fragrant bread also makes a great addition to the lunchbox or is perfect for a snack anytime.
Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread
Notes
I remove the peel from the zucchini as my kids prefer it this way, but you can leave the skins on as long as they are tender. I use my food processor, fitted with the metal blade, to grate the zucchini.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups white sugar
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups grated zucchini (see Notes)
- 1 ½ cups grated peeled sweet potato
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat sugar and vegetable oil to blend.
- Add in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla, mixing after each addition.
- In another large bowl, sift together (I use a whisk) flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add flour mixture to egg mixture, in 3 additions, mixing after each addition until just combined.
- Add in the zucchini and sweet potato and stir to combine.
- Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool loaf pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pans, place on rack and cool completely.
I tried this recipe over the weekend. It is delicious. I added chocolate and walnuts. I also only had raw sugar and it gave the bread this beautiful crust. Thank you.
This looks absolutely delicious. I’m very satisfied to look your post.
Thank you so much
So much greatness in one recipe! I love this! I’ve been wanting to incorporate sweet potatoes into recipes more. Thanks!
Pinning for later! Looks scrumptious! 🙂
Looks great Joy! Thanks for sharing on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday…hope to see you again this week!! Pinned!
The sweet potato gives it an absolutely beautiful color. And you are right this is a great transition recipe for summer/fall.
Thanks for sharing on the #HomeMattersParty. I hope you will join us again next week.
I love this pairing of flavors!
This looks amazing & I have had a record breaking zucchini crop this year! I’m visiting from Saturday Soiree.
Thanks
Angie
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Sweet potatoes, and zucchini- I’m never seen this combo before. But I bet it’s tasty.
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YUM! Coming over to your house for snack time!! ;P Found you via My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday.
I love your Sweet Potato Zucchini combination for this awesome bread! Hope you are having a great Labor Day weekend and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Two veggies for the price of one in this delicious offering. I bet the house smelled amazing while it cooked.
Zucchini and I are best friends. I love all your zucchini recipes and this one is definitely bookmarked. Great idea.
This looks absolutely delicious! Thanks so much for sharing!
My ultimate favorite bread…so nice to hide zucchini in a treat.
Yum! I would have never thought to put both the sweet potato and zucchini in the same bread, but it looks so good.
Sounds like an interesting and healthy combination. I love sweet potatoes. I have found they are actually quite good in the juicer with the right combination of other things.
A cool morning by the lake is just perfect though, isn’t it?! I have paired zucchini w/ a lot of things in breads but I am really diggn this sweet potato style bread!
What a great combination! Your bread looks delicious! We’ll be getting sweet potatoes from our CSA soon!
How funny, I was just thinking about this combination the other day – your bread looks delicious! Perfect for this time of year.
So great when your kids can’t wait to eat what you are making–especially when it is healthy!
Look at how rich the color of that bread is! Looks so yummy!
omg. what a brilliant combination!!
and i see that i will be spending a bit of time here browsing through more of your awesome recipes! glad i found you! 🙂
That bread looks so good! and I like such tasty combination as zucchini and sweet potato; must be very delish! 🙂
Have a great day!
Oh gosh, ever recipe I see I want to try, my husband keeps asking cant we just have the last one, I say, no, you have to be my tester so I can share.
Thanks Joy for sharing on #OMHGWW
Hope you have a great week!
Karren
Your weekend sounds delightful! I’d love to have a cool retreat to go to. This bread is definitely going on my must make list (as soon as the wedding is past)! Lovely story.
Wishes for tasty dishes, Linda
I love cool crisp summer mornings. In fact a cool day in the middle summer is my favorite. This bread is the perfect cool morning slice of happiness.
What a great idea using veggies in this bread recipe. I love zucchini bread and the addition of sweet potato is fabulous. Pinning for later.
I am loving the way this bread sounds, it looks so good!
This sounds wonderful! Perfect recipe to get Fall baking started.
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That looks so moist and delicious – pinning for later!
What a great sounding combination. Must try this!
sweet potato AND zucchini! I love it, I still have a few stragglers in the zucchini garden, I cannot wait to try!