Need to do something with all those cucumbers from your garden? Here is a delicious, moist nut bread with spices you can vary to your taste.
Ingredients:
- cooking spray
- 2 cups peeled, seeded, and shredded cucumber
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 2 5×9-inch loaf pans with cooking spray.
Place shredded cucumbers into a colander and let drain for about 30 minutes.
Stir eggs, vegetable oil, sugar, vanilla extract, drained cucumber, and pecans together in a large bowl. Whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and cloves in a separate bowl. Stir dry ingredients into the cucumber mixture until batter is thoroughly combined. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
Bake loaves in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing from pans to finish cooling on wire racks.
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cook time: 50 mins
Total time: 2 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 12 – Yield: 2 5×9-inch loaves
Nutrition:
Calories:491.1
