Brown Sugar Zucchini Bread

The Cast:


2C all purpose flour
1/2C dark brown
6T granulated sugar
1 1/4t cinnamon
1/2t ginger
1t nutmeg
1t baking soda
1/2t baking powder
1t salt
1C old fashioned rolled oats
3 eggs (room temp.)
3/4C vegetable oil
2t vanilla
2C grated zucchini
brown sugar for the top

Preheat the oven to 350 and grease and flour a 9x5" loaf pan. Stir together the flour, both sugars, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add oats and combine. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and (in a separate bowl) combine the eggs, oil and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry well and stir to combine. Add the grated zucchini and mix without over mixing! Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake 60 minutes and cool 10 minutes in the pan. Turn out onto a rack and cool at least 10 minutes before slicing. Enjoy warm, as toast or as an amazing french toast!

I doubled the recipe and used 2 pans. The first: my Le Creuset loaf pan (http://www.lecreuset.co.uk/en-us/Products?stoneware/Cooking-and-Baking/Loaf-Pan-1-14-qt/). I have this pan in dark brown, which the website does not list. I love this pan! Everything turns out beautifully in it! The second: my Cuisinart loaf pan (http://www.cuisinart.com/products/bakeware/non_stick_bakeware/amb-91p.html). This is also a great pan, with great results.

This bread is delicious and easy! It is a fantastic french toast, after 3 days in your pantry. I love it served with a pat of warm butter and also with pumpkin or cinnamon butter. Those recipes to follow! Enjoy~

Pumpkin Butter:

1C unsalted butter, softened
4T canned pumpkin
1/4C granulated sugar
1t cinnamon
1t pumpkin spice

Cream all ingredients together until very smooth and serve out of a decorative bowl or mold into desired shape and refrigerate 15 minutes.

Cinnamon Butter:

1C unsalted butter
1/4C granulated sugar
2T cinnamon

Cream all ingredients together until very smooth and serve in a decorative bowl or mold into desired shape and refrigerate 15 minutes.

Notice the different loaf shape between each pan.