Zucchini Bread (Green Street inspired)

By á-24374

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup salad oil
• 1 cup each granulated sugar and firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
• 2 cups coarsely shredded unpeeled zucchini (about 3 medium-size)
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted
• 1/2 cup wheat germ
• 2 teaspoons each baking soda and salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts, opt.
• 1/3 cup sesame seeds

Preparation

Step 1

Beat eggs until frothy; add oil, sugars, molasses and maple flavoring, and continue beating until mixture is thick and foamy. Stir in shredded zucchini.

In a separate bowl, stir together flour, wheat germ, soda, salt, baking powder, and walnuts (if using) until thoroughly blended; stir gently into zucchini mixture just until blended.

Spoon the batter equally into 2 greased and flour-dusted 9 by 5-inch loaf pans. Sprinkle sesame seed evenly over top of each.

Bake in a 350° oven for 1 hour or until bread begins to pull away from sides of pans and a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean.

Let cool in pans for 10 minutes; then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.