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Purple Sweet Potato Sourdough Bread
Adding purple sweet potato or ube to bread dough gives it a gorgeous color and a nutty, slightly sweet flavor. The crumb of this sourdough bread is quite moist but not gummy, and while the dough takes a little longer to bake, it is very slow to stale. Try this delicious eye-catching bread toasted or sliced fresh, for sandwiches or for dipping. If you have extra prepped sweet potato, you might also enjoy our recipe for Purple Sweet Potato Buns.
Ube is a purple yam that originated in Southeast Asia, and purple sweet potatoes are a varietal originally from Central America. Purple sweet potatoes are easier to find in grocery stores in the U.S., most likely between September and April. You can use either ube or purple sweet potato for this recipe, and this article explains more about their slight differences in texture, flavor, and nutrient composition. Note that both contain high levels of anthocyanins, an antioxidant also in blueberries, red cabbage, black rice and other deep purple plants.
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Purple Sweet Potato Sourdough Bread
This vibrant purple sweet potato sourdough bread has a nutty sweet flavor with hints of vanilla and a soft moist crumb. The crumb of this sourdough bread is quite moist and it needs a little longer to bake than similar weight dough without mashed purple sweet potato, but the moisture also makes it very slow to stale. Try this delicious eye-catching bread toasted or sliced fresh, for sandwiches or for dipping.
Ingredients
Instructions
Purple Sweet Potato / Ube Prep
Dough
Baking
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Sourdough Starter (Dry)
High Protein Bread Flour
Danish Dough Whisk — Large
Breadtopia’s Choice Kitchen Scale
$18.00Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls — Set of 3
$39.99Dough and Storage Bucket w/Lid – 2 qt. Square
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Purple Sweet Potato Sourdough Bread