nana's zucchini banana bread
(11 ratings)
Seeing all the recipes for zucchini posted lately reminded me of a Christmas and Thanksgiving favorite in my home. Nana made it when I was little, and later when I had my own family I carried on the tradition. The smaller loaves are so moist and the flavor is unbelievable. No one would ever guess there was zucchini in the batter. I never knew until I was an adult and Nana gave me the recipe. With the combination of zucchini, bananas, and cinnamon, topped off with a sweet drizzle of frosting and sprinkled with nuts, you will have everyone in the house requesting this bread constantly.
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(11 ratings)
yield
2 loaves
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
Ingredients For nana's zucchini banana bread
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1 mdzucchini, finely shredded (2 cups)
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6 mdripe bananas, mashed (2 cups)
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3 lgeggs
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2 csugar
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2 tspvanilla extract
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1 cvegetable oil
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3 call-purpose flour
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2 tspbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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1 Tbspcinnamon
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1 cchopped walnuts or pecans
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1 1/4 cpowdered sugar
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3 Tbspmilk
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1 tspvanilla or banana extract (optional)
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1/4 cadditional chopped nuts for topping
How To Make nana's zucchini banana bread
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1Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put bananas, zucchini, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and oil in a large bowl.
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2Mix to blend all ingredients.
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3In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and chopped nuts.
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4Add dry ingredients to the large bowl. Mix just until blended.
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5Pour the batter into 5 to 7 mini loaf pans or 2 loaf pans sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
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6For mini loaf pans, bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. For a larger loaf pan, bake for 55 minutes to 1 hour. The smaller loaves tend to come out more moist.
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7Allow to cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Then remove from pans.
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8For the glaze, mix milk and powdered sugar in a small bowl until desired consistency. I like mine thick but pourable. Add vanilla extract or banana extract (optional).
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9Drizzle over loaves. Sprinkle with additional chopped nuts.
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