Anna Maria DiDio

Bestselling Adoption & Children's Book Author

Quick Zucchini Bread

Here is a quick zucchini bread recipe that my mother gave me right out of college. I have made it so many times, always with a satisfying result. The girls loved it. Serve warm with butter, plain or lightly toasted.

Ingredients

3 eggs lightly beaten

1 cup veg oil

1 cup sugar (I have reduced this over the years)

2 cups grated zucchini squeezed and lightly packed

2 tsp vanilla

31/4 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

3 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

¾ cup raisins (optional)

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Makes 2 loaves,

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F
Mix first 5 ingredients, sift together dry, combine with zucchini mixture;
add raisins and/or nuts
Bake for 1 hour
Cool at least 10 minutes

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