Last weekend, Dan's parents gave us two zucchini, which were turned into a scrumptious crab-stuffed concoction, mixed with peppers, onions, panko and cheese and seasoned with smoked paprika.
This week, my mom's zucchini started coming in, so I have three monstrous vegetables to use. I told her I'd find something to do with them. So I made two different kinds of glazed zucchini bread using this customizable quick bread recipe (kind of). Here they are!
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| This looks like a boring rectangle, but it is bursting with delicious zucchini bread flavor. For real. |
1.) Cherry almond zucchini bread with vanilla bean glaze
FOR BREAD:
1 c. zucchini
3/4 c. slivered almonds, toasted
1 c. dried tart cherries
1 1/4 c. flour
3/4 c. sugar
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. plain greek yogurt (I used Fage because it was on sale... ^_^)
1 t. vanilla extract
1 t. almond extract
FOR GLAZE:
1 c. confectioner's sugar
2 T. milk
Seeds from 1 vanilla bean
1/2 t. almond extract
2.) Oatmeal butterscotch zucchini bread with orange glaze (because orange and butterscotch are the best flavors ever together. Trust.)
FOR BREAD:
1 c. zucchini
1/2 c. pecans
1/2 c. quick oats
3/4 c. butterscotch chips
1 1/4 c. flour
3/4 c. sugar
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. cinnamon
2 eggs
1 stick Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Sticks (or just use normal butter... curse my weird hybrid diet)
1/2 c. plain greek yogurt
1 t. vanilla extract
1/2 t. orange extract
1 t. orange zest
FOR GLAZE:
1 c. confectioner's sugar
1 t. orange zest
1 T. milk
1 T. orange juice
FOR BOTH BREADS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Mix together dry ingredients, plus any nuts, oats, chips and/or fruit for each. Mix together wet ingredients plus zucchini. Fold together wet and dry ingredients. Chuck it in a loaf pan and throw it in the oven for an hour. It's done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the breads hang out in their respective loaf pans for a half an hour, then dump them onto a wire rack to cool them the rest of the way.
Whisk together the ingredients for the glazes and plop them evenly onto the breads. Share your gourmet zucchini bread goodness with friends. Have seconds.
