Blue Ribbon Zucchini Carrot Raisin Bread Recipes

BLUE RIBBON ZUCCHINI NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Sift together plain flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
• Beat eggs well.
• Gradually add sugar and oil, beat together well.
• Add vanilla and dry ingredients from above blend well.
• Stir in the zucchini.
• Combine walnuts and 1 tsp of flour, stir this into the batter.
• Pour batter between two 2 greased (I use baking paper) 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" loaf tins.
• Bake for 1 hour or till tests done (skewer poked in the middle comes out clean).
• Cool in tins on racks for 10 minutes before removing from tins, cool on racks.

ZUCCHINI CARROT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the sugar and blend.
• Mix the eggs with the oil and add that to the flour mixture, mix again.
• Mix the zucchini, carrots and walnuts, add and mix.
• Put this in 2 greased loaf pans and bake for approx 50 minutes or until done in the centre.

ZUCCHINI CARROT RAISIN WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9"x 5" loaf pan.
• Mix together flour, spices, salt, baking powder and soda.
• In a separate bowl beat eggs, sugars, applesauce and vanilla extract. Mix in zucchini and carrot. Stir in dry ingredients, then walnuts and raisins. Mix well.Pour into greased and floured pan.
• Bake for 55 minutes in center of oven. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan about 15 minutes. If you greased the pan, cut around the edge with a butter knife to loosen. Turn out onto wire rack to cook completely.
• Eat alone or top with low-fat cream cheese, strawberries or powdered sugar.

BLUE-RIBBON RYE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Stir in the brown sugar, shortening, molasses, caraway seeds and salt. Add rye flour and 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining all-purpose flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down; shape into three loaves. Place on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour., Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

ZUCCHINI CARROT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Mix flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and allspice together in a bowl. Beat sugar, applesauce, and eggs together in a separate bowl; mix into the flour mixture until batter is just combined. Fold zucchini and carrots into batter. Divide batter between the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, about 1 hour.

BLUE RIBBON ZUCCHINI CARROT APPLE BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 8x4" loaf pans or one Bundt pan. (This recipe can also make 18 to 24 muffins.) Place pans on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. In mixer bowl, blend sugar, butter or oil, eggs, orange juice and vanilla. In medium bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. Fold dry ingredients into wet batter along with shredded carrots, zucchini, raisins, apples and walnuts. Spoon into prepared pans(s). Bake until done, about 1 hour, or until loaves spring back when gently touched with fingertips. Cool to room temperature before icing. *Cream Cheese Drip Frosting:* Place cream cheese, butter and most of confectioner's sugar in food processor or mixer bowl. Blend, adding more of confectioners' sugar and drizzling in a bit of orange juice to make soft, fluffy topping. Add more confectioners' sugar if required (or orange juice to loose, if necessary). Frost top of loaf or cake (if frost is soft enough, it will drip down sides), and garnish with shredded carrots and dusting of cinnamon before serving.

CARROT ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add alternately with orange juice to carrot mixture. Pour into 2 greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° until bread tests done, about 45 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to a wire rack to cool completely.

DEE'S BLUE RIBBON ZUCCHINI CAKE/BREAD

Steps:

• Slice, seed and coarsely grate 2 to 4 large zucchini.
• Place about a handful or two of the grated zucchini into cheesecloth, or a clean cotton dish towel (do not use a terry cloth dish towel), and squeeze it until very dry; repeat with the remaining grated zucchini.
• Measure out 2 well packed cups of the prepared zucchini for the recipe.
• Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan (or two 8x4-inch loaf pans).
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until light.
• Gradually add sugar, and continue beating until thick and lemon colored.
• Continue beating egg/sugar mixture, while adding the oil in a thin stream, beat until all is well blended.
• By hand, stir in vanilla, zucchini, nuts and raisins.
• Add the sifted dry ingredients, and stir until well mixed.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
• Bake at 350°F for 60 to 75 minutes or until a cake tester (or wooden toothpick) inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and place pan(s) on wire rack to cool.
• Let cool in the pan(s) for about 5 minutes, remove cake from pan(s) and return the cake to the wire rack to continue cooling.
• Cake should be completely cooled before slicing.

CARROT RAISIN QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Coat an 8-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and salt together.
• In a small bowl, combine carrots, brown sugar, raisins, milk, melted butter and beaten egg together.
• Add the carrot mixture to the flour mixture, stirring just until mixture is moist (over mixing will produce a dry/dense bread).
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until a pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.