Zucchini Bread With Cherries Chocolate Cardamom Recipes

ZUCCHINI BREAD WITH CHERRIES, CHOCOLATE & CARDAMOM

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the middle position of your oven and pre-heat the oven to 350F. In a large bowl, beat together the oil and honey. Stir in the eggs, vanilla and zucchini. Mix until well combined then gently fold in the cherries. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients (being careful to not over-mix) and add the chocolate chips and hazelnuts. Pour the batter into a lightly greased 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle the top of the loaf with the turbinado sugar (if using). Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool the zucchini bread in the pan for about 15 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHERRY-ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour 5 mini loaf pans.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat eggs in a separate, large bowl with an electric mixer. Add sugar, grated zucchini, coconut oil, buttermilk, and vanilla extract; beat until combined. Add flour mixture and blend until just combined. Fold in pecans, chopped cherries, and cherry juice. Transfer batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and baking powder; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in zucchini. Transfer to 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans., Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

CHERRY VANILLA ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Mix together in bowl eggs, oil, sugar, vanilla, zucchini, cherries and nuts, if using.
• In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients well; add to zucchini mixture and mix together well. Pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans.
• Bake @ 350 degrees 1 hour, or until bread tests done.
• Copied recipe from Taste of Home.

CHERRY ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Put eggs in large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed 3-4 minutes or until eggs are thick and lemon colored. Add sugar, oil, lemon juice and water; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture to egg mixture; mix well. Stir in zucchini, cherries and lemon peel.
• Grease and flour bottom of 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven 55-65 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen edges with a metal spatula. Remove from pan. Let cool completely. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store in refrigerator.