The Best Homemade Zucchini Bread Recipe in Illinois!

Oh my goodness, we have been eating zucchini bread over the last couple of days and I consider ourselves to be very lucky people.

I think zucchini is so underrated and so today I am going to spotlight my very yummy mother in laws, God her rest her soul, recipe for zucchini bread.

Mine still doesn't quite taste like hers, no matter how many times I make it, but it is a very close second and so delicious and super easy!

Zucchini Bread Recipe

3 eggs well beaten

1 cup cooking oil

2 cups sugar

2 cups grated zucchini

2 tbls. vanilla

3 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. baking powder

3 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

(optional) 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Add oil, sugar, zucchini, vanilla, & cinnamon to beaten eggs.

Sift the rest of the dry ingredients.

Add the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture.

*(optional)-stir in walnuts at this point.*

Pour the combined mixture into either two greased loaf pans or a 9x13 cake pan and bake at 325 degrees for one hour.

Below, I took photos of some of the different stages of the recipe.

The zucchini before I grated them. Isn't that round one super cool?

This is what the zucchini looks like once you start grating it. I then take the grated zucchini and put it in a measuring cup to get the correct amount.

This is what the egg, sugar, oil,zucchini, and vanilla  mixture looks like before I add the cinnamon.

This is the perfect color and consistency when combining the dry ingredients to the mixture.

(I made a double batch on this day)

This is what it looks like going into the 325 degree oven.

....And this is what it looks like when it is done.

Oh, my my my......

It makes my mouth water just looking at the pictures.

I promise you that this is the best recipe for zucchini bread ever. I have tried several other and this one never fails. The middle has never dropped in the middle of the bread like other recipes that I have tried.

(another secret is do not open the oven door during the cooking process-this will also help you to avoid the dropping of the center of the bread)

I hope you love it as much as our family does.

I love sharing homemade recipes so that others can start traditions at their tables like the traditional recipes that are passed down in our family and placed upon our table.

Yes, food does create memories and I'm not to proud to say so.

Let me know how your turns out.

I'd love to hear about it.

Toodle-loo

Nikki Pugh 

P.S.

This is what it looks like once everyone realizes the bread is ready to be eaten~

What can I say, but............

Scrumpdilliumptious!!!