Zucchini Bread

Heat oven to 350

1 ½ C flour
1 t cinnamon
½ t baking soda
¼ t baking powder
¼ t nutmeg
¼ t salt
½ C sugar
1 C shredded zucchini
¼ C oil
1 egg
1 ½ t lemon juice
2/3 C chocolate chips
½ C chopped walnuts

Combine dry ingredients and set aside. In another bowl, mix well sugar, zucchini, oil, egg and lemon juice. Add dry mix to zucchini mix and stir until just moistened. Fold in chocolate and nuts. Spoon batter into greased loaf pan and bake 55-60 minutes.

This is modified a little from my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. Everyone seems to love it. It's my favorite version because even though I cut back on sugar and oil it's still very sweet and moist bread. It's also very good to do half whole wheat flour and half all purpose.

Our Favorite Banana Bread

Heat oven to 350

5T butter
½ C sugar
½ C brown sugar
2 eggs
1t vanilla
1 ½ C mashed banana
1 ¾ C flour
1 ¾ C flour
1t baking soda
½ t salt
¼ t baking powder
¼ C cream cheese, softened
¼ C milk
1/3 C chopped walnuts


Beat butter, add sugars. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Add bananas and combine. In separate bowl combine dry ingredients. In third bowl combine cream cheese and mix. Add flour mix to bananas alternately with cream cheese mix ending with flour. Add nuts. Pour into greased loaf pan and bake 1 hour 15minutes. Cool on rack 10 minutes before removing from pan.

This is super delish! This is modified from an old recipe from who knows where. My version is simpler and just as fabulous. If you can stand to, hold off on cutting it and wrap in plastic wrap once the loaf is completely cool. It's hard to believe the flavor is even better after it rests over night. We usually devour half and then wrap the rest for breakfast the next day.