The Humpherys Family

Zucchini Bread with Walnuts and Cranberries

Recipe Added:  9/8/2014
2½ cups zucchini, shredded (2 large)
1¼ cups brown sugar
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1½ cups flour
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
3/4 cup dried cranberries
1 Tbsp coarse sugar
Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan. Place zucchini in a clean dish towel and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. In a medium bowl, whisk together brown sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Fold in zucchini. In a large bowl, whisk flour, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and nutmeg. Add in zucchini mixture and fold together until just a few streaks of flour remain. Add walnuts and cranberries and gently fold to combine. Pour batter into prepared pan and sprinkle coarse sugar evenly over top.

Bake 65-75 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. Cool loaf in pan 30 minutes then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack before serving. Leftover bread should be wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and stored at room temperature for up to 4 days.

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