One of my favorite bread recipes I look forward to making in the Fall is Zucchini Bread. My mom use to make this all the time but since she isn’t about to now I carry on the tradition of making it. I do, however, leave out one ingredient which is the nuts that she always put in it. I’m not too fond of nuts in my baked goods. This recipe calls for vegetable oil but since I didn’t have in my cupboard I decided to try olive oil. It turned out really good in spite of the different oil; even the coloring of the bread seemed softer instead of darker. The taste was good but needed a little more cinnamon to set off the difference of the olive oil in the zucchini bread but other than that it was delicious!

Mom’s Zucchini Bread Recipe:

See photo instructions below!

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Zucchini Bread

Rating  5 from 1 reviews

Prep time:  25 mins

Cook time:  45 mins

Total time:  1 hour 10 mins

Serves: 10 portions

Ingredients

• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 2 cups shredded zucchini
• 2 tsp.vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp soda
• 3 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ cup nuts - optional

Instructions

1. In medium mixing bowl beat eggs.
2. And vanilla, oil, shredded zucchini and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Add sugar. Mix well.
4. Then in another bowl mix flour, salt, soda, cinnamon, baking powder and nuts together.
5. Add to Zucchini mixture. Mix well. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans.
6. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to and 1 hour.
7. Insert a toothpick in center of cake when take out of oven to make sure that it comes out clean and is done.
8. Cool on a wire rack. Remove from pans.

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Rinse the zucchini off. Then peel the skin off to get it ready to shred.

Use a shredder to shred 2 cups of zucchini.

Break 3 eggs into a bowl, beat them up.

Add 2 tsp vanilla to the beaten eggs.

Add 1 cup of oil. Normally I used vegetable oil but used olive oil this time around.

Add 2 cups of zucchini. Mix thoroughly.

Add 2 cups sugar. Mix all together. Mix well! Set aside while you mix the dry ingredients.

In a separate bowl from the zucchini mix add 3 cups of flour.

Add 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp soda, 3 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp baking powder. Mix all dry ingredients together.

Add zucchini mixture to flour mixture. Mix well!

All mixed up!

Divide batter into two bread loaf pans.

Pop into the warmed oven of 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

All done cooling.

Facts About Olive Oil

Olive Oil is really rather healthy for you. Probably more so than just your plain vegetable oil. Here are some facts I found about olive oil.

• It helps to reduce blood pressure because it is high in oleic acid plus it contains antioxidants including Vitamin E
• It is believed to have a protective effect on certain cancers such as breast and prostrate cancer.
  The more fresher the oil; the better the taste.
• It has a higher portion of mono-unsaturated fats than animal fats.
• You can lower your risk of coronary heart disease by using olive oil.
• It can reduce the bad cholesterol which the LDL and increase the good cholesterol which is the HDL.
  Extra Virgin Olive Oil is even better than the regular olive oil because it the first pressing of the olives that has no chemicals that is used to extract the oil
• So you see by using Extra Virgin Olive Oil in this batch of Zucchini Bread was healthier than I realized. I’d never used it before in my baking but I’ll be more inclined to now especially with all the healthy facts about it. Healthier is always the better choice!

 Pompeian Olive Oil – Extra Virgin Imported 32 Oz Plastic Bottle

 Wilton Recipe Right 2 Piece Long Loaf Pan Set Baker’s Secret 10-by-16-Inch Cooling Rack, Set of 2

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cheryl is a true blue Wisconsinite with excellent writer skills, organization and experience. She writes about foods, crafts, product reviews plus anything else that catches her interest. She’s known as CherylFay and Jerzimom out on the web where she writes. You can sample her articles here and find her at Cheryl Fay’s Corner and at The Writer’s Door.