Old-Fashioned Zucchini Bread
Ingredients
- 3 eggs ⓘ
- 1 cup vegetable oil ⓘ
- 1 3/4 cups sugar ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon vanilla ⓘ
- 2 cups grated & drained zucchini ⓘ
- 3 1/4 cups flour ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon salt ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon baking soda ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon baking powder ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon ⓘ
- 2/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional) or 2/3 cup chopped pecans (optional) ⓘ
- 2/3 cup raisins (optional) ⓘ
Instructions
- Beat eggs until fluffy; add oil, sugar, vanilla, and zucchini; mix well.
- Combine dry ingredients and add to wet mixture; mix well.
- Toss nuts and/or raisins in a bit of flour then stir into batter.
- Pour batter into two 9x5" loaf pans that have been sprayed on bottoms only with no-stick cooking spray; bake at 350° for 1 hour or until bread tests (a toothpick inserted near center of loaf comes out clean) done; cool loaves for about 10 minutes in pans then loosen sides of loaves (I do this by running a small plastic knife around the edges) and remove from pans; cool completely before slicing.
- NOTE: I include about 3/4 cup whole wheat flour in the total amount.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
774
kcal
39% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).