Zucchini Banana Bread

Zucchini Banana Bread

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Preheat oven 350*F.

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Supplies:

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*Cooking Spray

*2 large Bread Pans or 4 medium Bread Pans, sprayed with cooking spray

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Ingredients:

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*1/2 cup Extra Light Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil

*1 and 1\2 cups Sugar

*3 Eggs, room temperature

*1/2 cup Milk

*2 cups Peeled and Finely Grated Zucchini

*2 medium Ripe Bananas, smashed

*2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

*1 teaspoon Kosher Salt

*3 cups All-purpose Flour, I like to sub 1/2 cup to be White Wheat Pastry Flour

*2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon

*1/2 teaspoon Allspice

*1 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1 tablespoon  Baking Powder

*1 cup Dark Chocolate Chips, like Nestles Toll House 53% Cacao, optional sprinkle on top of bread loaf/loaves batter before baking, optional

Instructions:

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Cream together in a bowl the oil and sugar. Add one egg at a time and mix until combined. Then add; Milk, bananas, zucchini, vanilla and salt.

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Sift together in a bowl the dry ingredients; flour, cinnamon, allspice, baking soda and baking powder.

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Slowly add the dry ingredients into the creamed ingredients and stir until incorporated.

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Pour half the bread batter into each bread pan top with chocolate chips if using that option and bake for 45 minutes to 60 minutes. (If using 4 medium pans divide batter into quarters bake 40 minutes.)  Check top of bread to make sure it is no longer gooey but barely sticky. Careful not to over bake.

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Enjoy!

Lindy

Apple Butter Crock Pot Style

Apple Butter Crock Pot Style

Ingredients:

*9-12 medium Variety of Apples, I used Macintosh and Envy

*2 cups Apple Juice

*1/2 cup Sugar

*3 tablespoons bottled Lemon Juice

*1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

*1/4 teaspoon Ground Allspice

*1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger

*1/8 teaspoon Ground Cloves

*Pinch Ground Nutmeg

*1/8 teaspoon Kosher Salt

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions:

Wash and peel apples, cored and cut with apple slicer and then cut slices in half.  Place apples in a crock pot.  

Add to the apples:  Sugar, apple juice bottled lemon juice, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and salt.

Turn crock pot on low for 4 hours or until apples are tender/soft.  Then with an emulsion blender, blend apple mixture until smooth in the crock pot.

Then on low in crock pot allow the apple sauce/butter to thicken another 4-6 hours stirring every so often making sure it doesn’t burn. Cook until mixture thickens and add vanilla.

Cool Apple Butter Completely.  Keep Apple Butter in the fridge for a few weeks in jars with lids or place in small canning jars and store in the freezer.

Enjoy!

Lindy