Zucchini Bread Recipe

Ingredients

· 3 cups all-purpose flour

· 1 teaspoon salt

· 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

· 1 teaspoon baking powder

· 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon (optional)

· 3 eggs

· 1 cup vegetable oil

· 1 cup of brown sugar

· 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

· 2 cups grated zucchini

· 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

Grease four mini size loaf pans. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F

Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.

Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan and completely cool.

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This is my favorite recipe for banana bread. All my friends love it very much, and I am planning to make it as holiday gifts for my friends and co-workers. I used the Preserves cartridge to cut the banana shapes and the frame.


This is a closer look of the banana bread. This is made for my daughter's school party tomorrow.


The banana bread recipe:

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Oil (I use Olive Oil, but you can use corn oil, or butter)

1 cup sugar

4 eggs

2 cups mashed banana (about 4 ripe bananas)

1 cup chopped walnut (optional)

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

1. Put Oil in a mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, and eggs, mix well

2. Add banana; mix well.

3. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and walnut; mix well.

4. Pour batter into a well-greased loaf pan.

5. Preheat oven to 400 and bake until it raise up and turns golden color, then lower the temperate to 350 and bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

6. This takes about 1 hour and can be shorter or longer depends on your oven.

7. Let it cool off for about ten minutes and then remove from the loaf pan.