Author Notes
Ever go overboard when you're at the farmer's market? With summer upon us, I generally bring home way too many of the beautiful and bountiful veggies from our local farmers' market. This week, zucchini, summer squash, and carrots were overflowing our refrigerator so I decided to use them to satisfy my mid-week baking urge. I was inspired by Smitten Kitchen's Zucchini Bread: http://smittenkitchen.com..., but decided to play Dr. Frankenstein on this recipe in order to use up some other odds and ends in my pantry including some ginger, brown sugar, whole wheat flour and rolled oats. The result was lightly sweet, fluffy, and almost carrot-cakey in taste. —Abbie C
Ingredients
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3
eggs
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1 cup
grapeseed oil
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3/4 cup
brown sugar (I used 1/4 cup dark muscovado and 1/2 cup light brown)
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2 1/2 cups
grated veggies (1 zucchini, 1 summer squash, 2 carrots all small/medium-sized)
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2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
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2 cups
all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup
whole wheat flour
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1/2 cup
rolled oats
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3 teaspoons
cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon
nutmeg
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1 teaspoon
fresh grated ginger
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
salt
Directions
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
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Butter and flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
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In a stand mixer (or by hand in a large bowl), beat the eggs on low. Add the brown sugar, oil, and vanilla extract. Mix in the grated veggies and ginger.
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In a separate bowl, sift together the two types of flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix in the rolled oats.
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Gradually mix the dry mixture into the wet mixture. Divide evenly between the loaf pans.
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Bake for about 50 minutes or until a knife inserted into the loaves comes out clean.
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