How to Make Tasty Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Bread. A combination of two favorites: banana nut bread and zucchini bread. The flavors combine and in each bite you This bread was moist, and it was a great way to use up both bananas and zucchini. This Classic Zucchini Bread Is The BEST Zucchini Bread Recipe!

For Zucchini Chocolate Bread: stir in miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of the nuts. Swap in dried fruit (cranberries or cherries) for the raisins. Try using pecans or walnuts for the chopped nuts. You can have Zucchini Bread using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Zucchini Bread

1. It's 3 cups of all purpose flour.
2. It's 1 tsp. of salt.
3. You need 1 tsp. of baking soda.
4. Prepare 1 tsp. of baking powder.
5. Prepare 1 Tbsp. of cinnamon.
6. You need 3 of eggs.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter, melted*.
8. It's 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
9. It's 2 1/4 cups of granulated sugar.
10. Prepare 3 tsp. of vanilla extract.
11. It's 2 cups of zucchini, grated.
12. It's of if you avoid dairy use 1 cup oil total and skip the butter.

Zucchini bread is a sweet quick bread designed to use up a bunch of fresh zucchini at once, much like banana bread. If you've never been introduced before, let me say a few words about zucchini. This zucchini bread recipe is one of my favorites from my childhood. A zucchini bread that's just a little less sweet and greasy than standard versions.

Zucchini Bread instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease and flour (2) 9X5 bread pans.
3. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon. I don't know why the zucchini photo bombed this shot he doesn't get any action until the next step..
4. Grate zucchini, you want 2 cups and if you have a big zucchini make sure to get all that beautiful green skin in there. You want your eaters to see it! Unless it's kids and your hiding the vegetables, then feel free to peel the zucchini before grating..
5. In a large mixing bowl measure 2 1/4 cups sugar, add 3 eggs, melted butter, vegetable oil and grated zucchini. Stir until just combined..
6. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, stir until combined..
7. Pour half of batter into each bread pan, you will need to use a rubber spatula or back of a spoon to level the batter out..
8. Place pans side-by-side, center of the middle baking rack..
9. Bake 40 minutes and then check every 2 minutes until cooked. I prefer to under cook by a couple minutes so the center of the loaf is heavy and moist but you can definitely cook until a knife comes out clean. It's a beautiful thing to cook your bread the way you like it!.
10. Let cool in pans, on a cooling rack for at least 20 minutes before removing from pans..
11. IF you can not eat 2 loaves, no worries this bread freezes well. IF you feel guilty because you really want to eat both loaves, conviently forget you can freeze anything and enjoy..

Classic zucchini bread follows all the rules of basic quick breads, but the results are always just a little too sweet. The spicy, sweet smell of this easy, quick bread baking brings back fond summertime childhood memories. Even if you hate zucchini, you will love this bread! This zucchini bread recipe is a quick and easy sweet bread that is great for breakfast or snacking. Plus, it makes for a heartfelt homemade hostess gift!