Showing posts with label zucchini bread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zucchini bread. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Favorite Zucchini Bread

This is my favorite Zucchini Bread recipe.  I love the lemon zest that just adds something special to the traditional bread.

Ingredients:
3 1/4 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup water
2 cups grated zucchini
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar. In a separate bowl, combine oil, eggs, water, zucchini and lemon juice. Mix wet ingredients into dry, add nuts and fold in. Bake in 2 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Alternately, bake in 5 mini loaf pans for about 45 minutes (I always set my timer for less time and then check the bread - I can always put it back in for a few minutes but if it gets overdone, it's too late!)