Recipe: Perfect Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Bread. This zucchini bread recipe is one of my favorites from my childhood. For Cranberry Orange Bread: omit the zucchini, cinnamon, cloves and raisins. Zucchini bread can be frozen for up to three months.

Allow it to cool then wrap the loaf (or individual slices) tightly in plastic wrap or freezerproof bags. Frozen zucchini bread will keep for several months. Lemon Zucchini Bread-this is the BEST zucchini bread recipe! You can cook Zucchini Bread using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Zucchini Bread

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

The bread is super moist and the burst of lemon is amazing! Our friend brought us a huge bag of zucchini from her garden and I have. Homemade zucchini bread is an easy, healthy, and delicious way to use up your summertime zucchini. This zucchini bread recipe is made with simple.

Zucchini Bread step by step

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..

A zucchini bread that's just a little less sweet and greasy than standard versions. Classic zucchini bread follows all the rules of basic quick breads, but the results are always just a little too sweet. 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! The spicy, sweet smell of this easy, quick bread baking brings back fond Even if you hate zucchini, you will love this bread!

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