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What is Zucchini Bread?

A Kaminsky
A Kaminsky

Quick breads are made from all kinds of ingredients. Banana bread and pumpkin bread are popular, but for the gardener with too much zucchini, a good zucchini bread recipe is a great way to use up some of that surplus squash. Zucchini is a green striped squash with a sweet flavor. It lends itself well for use in a quick bread like zucchini bread.

The baker starts with 2 cups (about half a kilogram) of shredded raw zucchini, which may equal two to five squash, depending on their size. The baker then presses the squash through a strainer to get rid of the excess liquid and sets the squash aside. The baker then beats together 3 eggs, 1 cup (237 milliliters) vegetable oil and 1 3/4 cups (397 grams) sugar until well blended. The baker then adds 2 cups (454 grams) flour, 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons vanilla and stirs in 1 cup (227 grams) chopped nuts. The dry zucchini is then added and stirred in.

Zucchini bread is great for beginner cooks to make.
Zucchini bread is great for beginner cooks to make.

The zucchini bread is poured into two greased and floured loaf pans and baked in a 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius) oven. The zucchini bread is baked for about an hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. The bread should be cooled in the pans for about 15 minutes before turning out on to a serving plate.

Zucchini bread came about from the homes of farm women who wanted to use their abundant squash harvest without waste. The zucchini bread allowed them to feed squash to the picky eaters in the household, provide something sweet and give baked gifts to friends and neighbors.

Zucchini bread is a good recipe for beginning cooks. It usually produces a good result and allows budding chefs to use their food preparation and measuring skills. This sweet, spicy, moist bread is a universal favorite wherever zucchini squash is grown.

Discussion Comments

Heavanet

For zucchini bread that has less fat and calories, you can replace sugar with honey, use less eggs, and reduce the amount of oil you use.

There are literally hundreds of recipes for this tasty bread, so there are many ways to make it depending on the preference of the people who will be eating it. You can search cook books or online to find the tastiest, healthiest way to make zucchini bread.

Spotiche5

Here is a good tip for a quick zucchini bread recipe. You can cut the squash any way you like as long as the pieces are small. To cut down on the preparation time, cut back a little on the liquid of the other ingredients the recipe calls for and skip the process of extracting the liquid from the zucchini.

As you familiarize yourself with the zucchini bread recipe, you can adjust the ingredients to make the bread more or less moist depending on preference. For example, you can add more flour and less oil to make the bread firmer and less moist. Some people like this type of bread to be very moist, while others prefer it dryer. You can make it either way.

It is also a good idea to keep your zucchini bread in the refrigerator after you bake it. Storing it this way will allow it to last much longer than if you store it in a warmer place. If you prefer to eat it warm, you can simply heat it up for a few seconds in the microwave.

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      Zucchini bread is great for beginner cooks to make.