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Sweet Potato Nut Bread

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1
cup soft butter or margarine
½
cup shortening
2 ⅔
cups sugar
4
eggs
2
cups mashed sweet potatoes
3/½ cups flour
1
tsp salt
1
tsp cinnamon
1 ½
tsp nutmeg
2
tsp baking soda
1
cup chopped walnuts or pecans
⅔
cup cold strong coffee

Cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each. Blend in sweet potatoes. Combine dry ingredients; add nuts, and stir into creamed mixture alternately with the cold coffee. Pour batter in 2 greased loaf pans. Bake at 375 for 1 hour. Cool in pans 10 minutes.