Sweet Potato Cinnamon Bread

This bread is a cold-weather dream come true, with sweet potatoes, spices, and a crunchy topping that will make you lick your fingers. It can be frozen and it makes great sweet toast.

• Breakfast and brunch. This sweet potato bread makes great sweet toast. The cinnamon sugar caramelizes and adds even more crunch. You don't even need a topping.
• Freezable. The recipe makes 2 loaves so my top recommendation is to slice leftovers and freeze them.
• Flavor. It reminds me of cinnamon bread with a different undertone. The spice swirl is what makes it sweet and moist, and the crunchy topping, well, you'll love it! It's a traditional streusel, but it adds a layer of flavor that makes the whole so much better than the parts.

Ingredients:

For the bread:

1 tablespoon active dry yeast

Pinch of sugar

¼ cup warm water

1 cup warm buttermilk

1 cup sweet potato purée (see Notes below)

3 tablespoons sugar

3 tablespoons sunflower or canola oil

1 egg

Grated zest of 1 lemon

About 4 to 4 ½ cups bread flour

For the spice streusel:

¼ cup sugar

¼ cup brown sugar

Grated zest of 1 orange or lemon

½ teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch each of ground ginger and allspice

⅓ cup all purpose flour

4 Tbs 60g butter, cold, cut into pieces

For the spiced sugar:

1 ¼ cups light brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

½ teaspoon ground allspice

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted + additional for pans