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Grandma Poe's Zucchini Bread

Grandma Poe's Zucchini Bread

An old Kentucky boy called this "the best zucchini bread he ever did eat." High compliments indeed.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings: 2 loaves
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Calories: 3168
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 cup canola or safflower oil
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups grated zucchini
  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
  • salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place a pan of water in the oven.
  2. Grease and flour two bread pans.
  3. Stir together eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, and zucchini.
  4. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon.
  5. Mix into the wet ingredients. Add nuts.
  6. Pour into the two bread pans.
  7. Bake at 350°F for one hour.

Nutrition

Calories: 3168kcalCarbohydrates: 411gProtein: 44gFat: 160gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 42gMonounsaturated Fat: 96gCholesterol: 246mgSodium: 772mgPotassium: 1299mgFiber: 21gSugar: 254gVitamin A: 632IUVitamin C: 23mgCalcium: 244mgIron: 12mg

Notes

I do not use nuts because I have a 1-year-old who eats it. When he gets old enough to eat nuts, they will go back into the bread. Any pecans or walnuts will work just fine.
I use olive oil a lot, but I do not like to use olive oil in my baking; I've never liked the taste. But a lot of people prefer the health benefits of olive oil over canola or safflower oil. Olive oil would work in this recipe just fine.
The original recipe calls for salt in the directions but doesn't give an amount.

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