Sweet Potato Bread

Ingredients:

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups mashed canned candied yams or 2 cups sweet potatoes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg, sweet potatoes and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (except walnuts) together well and add to wet ingredients.
Stir until just combined.
Fold in walnuts.
Pour into 2 standard loaf pans.
Bake for 75 minutes or until thin knife inserted in center comes out clean