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Frugal Recipes: Too Many Zucchini? Make Bread!
Zucchini Bread
Author: Lori Forster
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Serves: 2 loaves
Ingredients
  • 2 C. grated zucchini
  • 3 C. all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 3 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 C. vegetable oil
  • 2 1/4 cups white sugar
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325.
  2. Grease and flour two loaf pans.
  3. Grate zucchini into a bowl and set aside.
  4. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
  5. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a second large bowl.
  6. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well.
  7. Stir in zucchini until well combined.
  8. Pour batter into prepared pans.
  9. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  10. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Zucchini bread is not only delicious, but very easy to make. Below is the base recipe for two loaves, but I always at least double this and freeze my loaves to eat later or share with friends. I have step by step photos to add to this post… I just have to find them FOUND – LOL!

 

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Frugal Recipes – What to do with Overripe Bananas

 

Make banana bread of course! I do not put nuts in mine, as nobody other than Denny and myself like nuts here, so here is the tasty nut free version I make.

Banana Bread
Author: Lori Forster
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Serves: 1 loaf
Ingredients
  • 2-1/2 C. and 2 tbs. all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbs. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 Tbs. milk
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 C. white sugar
  • 1/2 C. butter, softened
  • 3 eggs
  • 1-1/2 cups mashed banana (5 bananas)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
  2. Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and cinnamon. In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.
  3. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing.

 

Ingredients for Banana Bread Banana Bread - Cream together butter and sugar Banana Bread - Add eggs Banana Bread - Mix in eggs until well blended Banana Bread - add milk, cinnamon, and mashed bananas Banana Bread - sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt Banana Bread - Add dry ingredients and mix until well blended Banana Bread - pour into greased baking pan, and cook Banana Bread

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