zuccini bread

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups grated fresh zucchini
• 2/3 cup melted unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• Pinch salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
• 1 cup dried cranberries or raisins (optional)

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter two 5 by 9 inch loaf pans.
2 In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in the grated zucchini and then the melted butter.
3 Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the mixture and stir it in. Add the flour, a third at a time, stirring after each incorporation. Sprinkle in the cinnamon and nutmeg over the batter and mix. Fold in the nuts and dried cranberries or raisins if using.
4 Divide the batter equally between the loaf pans. Bake for 55 minutes (check for doneness at 50 minutes) or until a wooden pick inserted in to the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks to cool thoroughly.

Yield: Makes 2 loaves.

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/zucchini_bread/
 

Snickerdoodles

1 1/2    cups sugar                              
1/2       cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2       cup shortening                                     
2          eggs

2 3/4   cups all-purpose or unbleached flour

2         teaspoons cream of tartar

1         teaspoon baking soda

1/4      teaspoon salt

1/4      cup sugar

2         teaspoons ground cinnamon

• 1 Heat oven to 400ºF.
• 2 Mix 1 1/2 cups sugar, the butter, shortening and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
• 3 Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Mix 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 4 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

 

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/snickerdoodles/7ffc92a9-d847-4869-9ecb-99de3b751b14

 

Zuccini Bread

Paula Dean Zuccini Bread Recipe

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/zucchini-bread-recipe/index.html

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar. In a separate bowl, combine oil, eggs, water, zucchini and lemon juice. Mix wet ingredients into dry, add nuts and fold in. Bake in 2 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Alternately, bake in 5 mini loaf pans for about 45 minutes

Fruit Crisp

Place a mixture of fruit in bottom of baking dish with deep sides.
Pour white sugar over mixture - just enough to lightly cover fruit (or as much as you desire as this is the step that will make the crisp sweet or tart.)
Let sit 30-60 minutes, then add oatmeal mixture below:


Mix together in bowl:
1/2 C oats
1/2 C Brown Sugar
1/4 C flour
1/4 C softened butter
dash of cinnamon

place spoonfuls of mixture over the top of fruit mixture.

Bake at 400* for about 30 minutes (until fruit is bubbly and oatmeal mixture is slightly browned
Let sit to cool slightly. 
Eat alone or topped with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, or pour on a bit of milk.