Before I share the recipe for this yumminess, may I ask you a question? Is the term "batter bread" redundant in the instance of the title of this post?
Maybe it's because I bake for a living, or maybe it's because I'm weird (I'll cop to either), but I always differentiate between a batter bread -- or quick bread, if you prefer -- and a traditional dough bread (with yeast).
B comes in the kitchen to ask what I'm making. My reply is, "Zucchini batter bread." He proceeds to tell me saying batter bread is unnecessary. Everyone knows zucchini bread is made with a batter. "Like banana nut bread," he says. I'm quite sure I responded with a you-have-no-idea-what-you're-talking-about look. But I simply stated, "Well, OK. But don't expect me to change how I say it based on this conversation." -- Thoughts?
The base recipe I used comes from Paula Deen. I did add one ingredient. (I just adore vanilla!) And since I make my own extract, I have the pure stuff right at my fingertips. It smells divine, and I love to see the brown vanilla bean flecks in the mixture.
Doesn't that look delicious? The loaf isn't overly sweet, in my opinion. A slice of this zucchini (batter!) bread would make a nice breakfast, snack, or dessert. Just don't forget: everything's better with a pat of butter!
Vanilla Spiced Zucchini Batter Bread
Based on Paula Deen's recipe here, scaled down to make a single loaf.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 + 1/8 cups all-purpose flour (or, 1 5/8 cups)
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3 tbsp water
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract (make your own!)
- 1 cup grated zucchini
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon, and sugar.
- In a separate bowl, combine vanilla, vegetable oil, eggs, water, zucchini, and lemon juice.
- Mix wet ingredients into dry. Fold in pecans. Pour batter into a greased standard loaf pan (I used an 8" x 3" pan).
- Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour, using the toothpick test to check for doneness. (Mine was done in 54 minutes.)
Yield: 1 standard loaf
Shared at All Things Thursday, Fabulously Frugal Thursday, The HomeAcre Hop, Simple Lives Thursday, Thrifty Thursday, Thriving Thursday, and some of these fine hops.
This looks delish! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Coffee and Conversation this week!
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DeleteI have never had zucchini bread before. And I think it's about time I remedy that. This zucchini bread looks absolutely delicious. I love that it has vanilla, pecans, and zucchinis! Thanks for bringing this to Fiesta Friday!
ReplyDeleteTry it, Andrea. I think you'll like it!
DeleteYour batter bread conversation has put a huge grin on my face :)
ReplyDeleteAnd reading your comment put a smile on mine!
DeleteGreat cross shot of this lovely bread! Yum!
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ReplyDeleteIn my quest to use up every last bit of our zucchini harvest I am so glad you shared your post on the HomeAcre Hop! Pinned it to make soon! Hope to see you again on Thursday! - Nancy The Home Acre Hop
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DeleteThe zucchini are great this year. Bread looks so moist and your photos are great!
ReplyDeleteoh, my, this looks wonderful! I have a bunch of zucchini in the freezer, I'll have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing with us at Simple Lives Thursday; hope to see you again this week.
ReplyDeleteThat looks wonderful! I never say batter bread, but I'm sure it can be said either way :) Thanks for your HomeAcre hop submission. I featured you at PintSizeFarm.com this week - be sure to come back and submit another post!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Heidi!
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