Recipe: How to Make Zucchini Spice Bread

If there's one thing that us gardeners can grow, it'd be Zucchini.

So, it's very appropriate that our first Bethel Blog recipe is Zucchini Spice Bread.

You can use any kind of summer squash. It's a great use for those zucchinis that hide under leaves and grow to enormous sizes!

Garden Ingredients:

2 Cups Grated Zucchini

Wet Ingredients:

3 Eggs

2 Tsp Vanilla

1 1/2 Cups Sugar

1 Cup Oil*

Dry Ingredients:

3 Cups Flour

1 Tsp Salt

1 Tsp Baking Soda

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon

3/4 Tsp Nutmeg

1/4 Tsp Ginger

1/8 Tsp Cloves 

*(Another Option: 2/3 Cup Applesauce, 1/3 Cup Oil. Healthier and makes no difference to the finished product)

Preheat your over to 350° f.

The first step is to grate your zucchini, using either a large cheese grater or a food processor.

 

 Add all wet ingredients and zucchini to a large bowl, and mix well.

Similarly, mix together all dry ingredients in a bowl of their own. 

    

Add the dry to the wet and mix until only just combined (Over mixing will lead to zucchini bread that won't rise properly).

Put batter into two loaf pans or bread pans that have been lightly coated with cooking spray.

 Bake for about 45 to 60 minutes, until a butter knife stuck into the center comes out clean.

Enjoy!