Zucchini Bread

Name: Zucchini Bread
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: Makes a square loaf
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 g (10 oz) plain flour; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon salt; 175 ml (6 fl oz) sunflower or groundnut oil, plus extra for greasing; 500 g (1 lb) small firm courgettes; 1½ teaspoons cinnamon; 50 g (2 oz) raisins; 65 g (2½ oz) walnuts, chopped; ¼ teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 250 g (8 oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes
a
square loaf

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 40

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

Courgettes are known by their Italian name, zucchini, in the States. Hot sunny summers produce an abundance of zucchini so they are used in breads and cakes. This bread is moist and well flavoured and makes a nice tea bread, toasted with butter and jam.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) small firm courgettes
1 teaspoon salt

Americas
United States
Baking
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Peel and grate the courgettes. Toss them with the salt and leave them for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven. Grease a 23 cm (9-inch) square tin and line it with greased greaseproof paper. Combine the su