Flo's Zucchini Bread Recipe

 

Iris asked for the zucchini bread recipe. Flo (Prissy on the blog) was very generous and I don't think she would mind if I shared her recipe especially since today would have been Flo's 95th birthday.

The recipe makes two loaves and is a sweet bread. You can probably cut down on the amount of sugar.

Ingredients:

3 cups All-Purpose Flour

2 cups Sugar

1 cup Vegetable oil

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground cloves

2 1/2 - 3 cups grated zucchini

1 cup walnuts (optional)

1 cup raisins (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 oF.

Grease two 9 x 4 inch loaf pans

In a bowl, grate zucchini and drain well. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves.

In a second bowl beat eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla.

Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients in the large mixing bowl. Stir to combine.

Fold in zucchini, walnuts, raisins.

Divide batter between 2 loaf pans.

Bake on middle rack in oven 45 - 60 minutes until a cake tester poked into the loaves comes out dry.

Remove loaves from oven and allow to cool 15 minutes.

Turn out loaves onto a cooling rack and allow to cool thoroughly.

Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee.  Happy Birthday, Flo! ☕💐 I really miss you.