Long time No Blog... Zucchini Bread!

So I have really been slacking on my recipe blog.  It's not that I am not trying new recipes, it is that I haven't been posting them!!!!  Ooops, my bad.  So today we are making Zucchini Bread and Pulled Pork Sandwiches.  My garden is over run with adorable little (whoops, waited too long) giant zucchini so last night I harvested about 10, left 7 on the ground for the birds and took the other 3 in the house along with 2 tomatoes, 30 grape tomatoes and a cucumber.  Have I mentioned that David loves banana squash so he planted several plants and they are taking over the garden and the yard and climbing the fence and well, let's just say that they are everywhere!!!!!

So my zucchini bread recipe is delicious, I am going to have to credit myself with this one because I took about 10 recipes played with them, modified them and came up with this recipe, my family and friends say it is the best so I am going to go with them on this one and agree, thank you very much!  Here it is:

Cathy's Zucchini Bread
1 Cup vegetable oil
2 1/4 Cups sugar
3 large eggs
2 Cups grated, unpeeled zucchini
3 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 1/4 Cups bread flour
1 1/4 Cups pecans chopped

Slightly beat your eggs, add oil and sugar until blended. 
Add zucchini and vanilla, mix well. 
Add soda, powder and salt, mix well.
Add flour 1 cup at a time, mix well.
Fold in pecans.
Pour into greased bread pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Makes 2 medium sized loafs.

Just a note about a new discovery for me.  I have never used cast iron for much of anything except camping using dutch ovens to cook.  But David has introduced me to the joys of cast iron and may I say wow! He bought me 2 cast iron loaf pans and I started using them for all my bread making and well my loaves turn out perfect they are not too brown, they are a lovely light golden color the texture and consistency is perfect and well clean up is non existent.   I would highly recommend using cast iron for all your bread making, you will never be sorry (just remember you don't need to wash them, just wipe them out and re-oil them.)

My next 2 posts will be the pulled pork and a great dip recipe from my sister in law Angie Neuberger.
And just wait till I post the new white bread recipe I found, it is quick and easy and turns out perfect every time!


Happy Baking