Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Bread

• cooking spray
• 1 sweet potato
• 1 3/4 cups sifted whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground ginger
• 1 1/4 cups applesauce
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. Place sweet potato on a microwave-safe plate and pierce skin 5 or 6 times. Cook in the microwave, rotating halfway through, until tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Cool until easily handled, about 5 minutes. Peel and mash in a small bowl.
3. Mix whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl.
4. Whisk applesauce, eggs, and maple syrup together in a separate bowl. Mix in 1 cup mashed sweet potato.
5. Pour applesauce mixture over flour mixture; stir to combine. Fold in walnuts. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes; invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.

cooking spray, sweet potato, whole wheat flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt, ground ginger, applesauce, eggs, maple syrup, walnuts

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/256388/whole-wheat-sweet-potato-bread/ (may not work)