Best 7 Blue Ribbon Zucchini Nut Bread Recipes

ZUCCHINI PINEAPPLE WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Put all dry ingredients together and set aside.
• 2. Mix together vegetable oil and eggs until frothy. Add sugar and mix well.
• 3. Add zucchini and pineapple into the mixture.
• 4. Add dry ingredients (1 cup at a time). Add walnuts - mix until incorporated. Once mixed together, add milk and mix lightly.
• 5. In a sprayed loaf pan, pour bread mixture about 3/4 full. This recipe will make 2 loaves. Place in preheated oven 350 degrees for 45 minutes - 1 hour.

RIBBON NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix cream cheese, sugar and egg, mixing until well blended.
• Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• Combine the oil, milk, eggs and lemon peel in a small bowl.
• Add the oil mixture to the dry ingredients, mixing until just moistened.
• Fold in the nuts.
• Pour 1 cup of the batter into a greased 9 x 5 loaf pan.
• On top of the batter, add the cream cheese mixture.
• Cover this with the remaining batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan.

ZUCCHINI PINEAPPLE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two 9-inch bread pans and set aside.
• 2. In a mixing bowl beat eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla until nice and thick.
• 3. Add zucchini, pineapple, and mashed bananas. Mix together.
• 4. In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.
• 5. Add to the egg mixture and stir until the flour is just moistened.
• 6. Fold in nuts.
• 7. Divide batter evenly between the two bread pans and bake for about 55 minutes. Do the toothpick test to make sure it is done.
• 8. Let the finished bread cool about 15 minutes before removing from pans.
• 9. Keep one loaf for yourself and give the other one away. The bread freezes well if you want to have something on hand for unexpected company.

PINEAPPLE CRANBERRY ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine eggs, zucchini, oil, pineapple, and the vanilla extract.
• 2. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
• 3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in large bowl.
• 4. Fold in nuts, cranberries, and coconut if desired.
• 5. Pour into 2 greased 8x4" loaf pans or 3 small loaf pans.
• 6. Bake larger pans for approximately 50-55 mins and smaller pans for 35-40 mins or until golden brown and an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 mins before removing bread from pans onto wire racks.

DEE'S BLUE RIBBON ZUCCHINI CAKE/BREAD

Steps:

• Slice, seed and coarsely grate 2 to 4 large zucchini.
• Place about a handful or two of the grated zucchini into cheesecloth, or a clean cotton dish towel (do not use a terry cloth dish towel), and squeeze it until very dry; repeat with the remaining grated zucchini.
• Measure out 2 well packed cups of the prepared zucchini for the recipe.
• Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan (or two 8x4-inch loaf pans).
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until light.
• Gradually add sugar, and continue beating until thick and lemon colored.
• Continue beating egg/sugar mixture, while adding the oil in a thin stream, beat until all is well blended.
• By hand, stir in vanilla, zucchini, nuts and raisins.
• Add the sifted dry ingredients, and stir until well mixed.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
• Bake at 350°F for 60 to 75 minutes or until a cake tester (or wooden toothpick) inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and place pan(s) on wire rack to cool.
• Let cool in the pan(s) for about 5 minutes, remove cake from pan(s) and return the cake to the wire rack to continue cooling.
• Cake should be completely cooled before slicing.

ZUCCHINI NUT BREAD COOKIE SANDWICHES

Steps:

• 1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a bowl. Beat 1 stick butter and the sugars until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
• 2. 2. Beat flour mixture into butter mixture. Mix in zucchini, oats, and walnuts. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• 3. 3. Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop (about 2 tablespoons), drop dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake until edges are golden, about 17 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
• 4. 4. Beat together remaining 1/2 stick butter, the cream cheese, and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread 1 heaping tablespoon filling onto the flat side of 1 cookie, and sandwich with another cookie. Repeat with remaining filling and cookies.

ZUCCHINI NUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Shred unpeeled zucchini to measure 2 cups. spread on paper toweling to drain for 10 mins. Lightly blot top of them.
• 2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Beat together eggs, oil, vanilla and sugar until light. Mix flour with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
• 3. Blend Zucchini into egg mixture alternately with the flour mixture. Do not over blend. Fold in nuts. Spoon into lightly greased muffin cups.
• 4. Bake for 20 mins or until muffins test done. You can store the extra muffin batter, tightly covered, in refrigerator up to one week.