Friday, August 21, 2009

Confetti zucchini bread

I altered a recipe that my cool big sis recommended from Paula Deen

Ingredients:
2 c all-purpose flour
1 1/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 t salt
2 1/2 t. baking soda
1 t cinnamon
1 t nutmeg
2 1/3 c sugar
1/2 c veg oil
1/2 c applesauce
4 eggs, beaten
1/3 c. drained zucchini juice (from zucchini below, or just use water)
1 c. grated zucchini
1 c. grated yellow summer squash
1/2 c. grated carrot
1 t. vanilla
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine oil, applesauce, eggs, zucchini juice/water, vanilla, zucchini, squash, and carrot. Mix wet ingredients into dry. Add 1 c chopped nuts if desired (i didn't). Bake in 3 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 30-40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean (my oven bakes fast, so the time may vary).

Everyone loved it, although the kids wanted to know what the orange stuff was. I avoided the question. I doubled the recipe with no problem, and froze a bunch of it sliced for school lunches.