no, i am not a baker but i try it on occasion

whatever possessed me to start a blog and then go off on vacation? ha! well, i am home now and ready to get my cook on!

i love a good farmers market. i plan to drive to the 'big city' on saturday and really do some damage. but, a neighbor brought by some zucchini yesterday. naturally a couple loaves of zucchini bread followed.

i used a basic recipe, nothing special, but good bread. papa loves it! (oh, i gave a loaf to the neighbor, hopefully, assuring more zucchini!)

Basic Zucchini Bread Recipe
adapted from various sources

3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 cups grated zucchini
2 teas mexican vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teas cinnamon
1 teas fresh-grated nutmeg
1 teas baking soda
1/2 teas baking powder
1 teas salt

optional: nuts (1 cup)

preheat oven to 350*. grease and flour two bread pans.

combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl. (add the nuts now if you are adding them to the bread) set aside.

in a large bowl, whisk the eggs. whisk in the oil, sugar, zucchini and vanilla. add the dry ingredients to this mixture.

divide the dough into the bread pans. bake for 50-55 minutes until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.

cool slightly and enjoy with salted european butter. mmmmmm.

cheers!