ZUCCHINI LIME BREAD

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We receive several, sometimes many zucchini every week during the summer, and this is one of the more delicious uses. My little ones love this -- I call it Lime Bread to disguise the main ingredient. You can make a glaze from lime juice and confectioners' sugar, but the bread is so moist it doesn't need it.

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Time 1h15m

Yield 1 loaf

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups shredded raw zucchini or 3 cups yellow squash
1 lime, juice and zest of
2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Beat the oil and sugar until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat vigorously. Stir in zucchini and lime.
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt in a bowl and mix well. Add to zucchini mixture and mix well.
Spoon the batter into a well-greased 9x5-inch loaf pan or three greased mini loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes (small loaves) to 1 hour 15 minutes (large loaves). Cool in pan 20 minutes, then remove and cool completely.
Note: For a glaze, whisk the juice and a little zest of a lime with 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Poke holes in hot loaf and pour the glaze over it. Let cool 30 minutes before removing from pan.
Loaves, glazed or not, freeze well.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3833.4, Fat 182.1, SaturatedFat 26.5, Cholesterol 634.5, Sodium 3091.6, Carbohydrate 512.3, Fiber 13, Sugar 309.3, Protein 49.6