Zucchini Bread

By loves2bake

Ingredients

• 1 cup grated unpeeled zucchini
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup cooking oil
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• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp grated lemon peel (or lemon juice)
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

In mixing bowl beat zucchini, sugar, and egg together. Add oil; mix well. Stir together flour, cinnamon, salt, soda, nutmeg, baking powder, and lemon peel. Stir into zucchini mixture. Mix in nuts. Pour into a greased 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½” loaf pan. Bake at 325 until done, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool loaf thoroughly. Wrap and store loaf overnight before slicing. (we never do that, but it will make it firmer)