Zucchini Bread (or Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins)

Zucchini Bread

Description:
Got this from my mom's cookbook. It is LaVee Kawakami's recipe.

Ingredients:
1 c brown sugar
1 c sugar
1 c oil
3 eggs
2 c grated zucchini (or pumpkin or applesauce)
3 c flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp cloves
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c chopped nuts*
1 c raisins*

*optional

Directions:
Beat eggs. Gradually add sugars and oil. Combine dry ingredients. Add first mixture alternately with zucchini. Stir in raisins, nuts, and vanilla. Pour into 2 slightly greased and floured 9 x 5 loaf pans. Bake at 325 for 1 hour. Let stand 10 minutes before removing from pans.

NOTE: I don't care for raisins, so don't use them in much of anything. I like zucchini without any nuts. I like pumpkin with chocolate chips, so leave out the raisins and put in the same amount of chocolate chips. I didn't try the applesauce, but we made it for Enrichment tonight with raisins, and they liked it. This also makes good mini muffins, which need to bake between 20 and 25 minutes.

Note from Kathi 9/30/08: I made one loaf from this reciple last night. Had to use a little more flour than 1/2 of what the recipe calls for - you want the batter to be a little thicker than pumpkin pie filling! It baked up very nicely in about 1 hr and 5 min.

I also made a loaf using splenda instead of sugar and about 7/8ths of a cup of rice flour and 7/8ths of oat flour. Everything else (except the eggs), I just halved. It also cooked up quite nicely in an hour. It is very very tender, but it has a nice texture and tastes really good.

Number Of Servings:2 loaves

Preparation Time:10-15 minutes, plus 1 hour to bake.

Mary Ellen's toss it together soup with rolls

Toss it Together Soup

2 cups cubed ham
1 can of tomatoes (undrained)
1 can of chicken broth
1 can of green beans (undrained)
1 can of kidney beans (undrained)
2 cubed potatoes
1 c water
1 bay leaf
oregano
garlic
dash of chili powder

Put it all in the crock pot and simmer for four hours on high in the slow cooker. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.

*notes: I didn't have ham, so I used ground beef. I added 3 strips of cooked bacon, crumbled, and 1 c blackeyed peas leftover from our lunch. I also forgot the potatoes because I had a lot going on today, but it was still delish, though my toddler probably would have eaten more had I remembered the potatoes. He only ate the broth. Served them with rolls.


Dinner Rolls

This makes a very dense roll or bun. I found it originally when looking for a hamburger bun recipe. It is delicious, but if you like a lighter bread or need something lighter for your purposes, let it raise once before forming into rolls, then raise again. Two rises will give it a lighter texture.

2 c milk (I used soy milk)
1/4 c margarine
1/4 c water
1/4 c white sugar
2 Tbs yeast
2 tsp salt
6 c flour

In medium saucepan, combine first 4 ingredients over low heat. When about 110 degrees Fahrenheit, turn off heat, add yeast, mix, and set aside for about 5 minutes to proof (get foamy).

In large bowl, combine salt and flour. When the yeast mixture is foamy, add to flour and mix thoroughly, kneading for about 5 minutes. Divide into 24 equal pieces (flatter if you want hamburger buns, ball shaped if you want rolls), place into greased pans, cover, and let rise for about 20 minutes. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Brush the top with melted margarine when out of the oven.

Breakfast

So this morning, we were all starving. I made eggs in baskets.



(not my picture)

Made 6, plus 1 scrambled egg and a piece of toast for the baby, and I put some ham on top of the husband's. Total cost: approximately $1.75.

We could have had it a bit more balanced with fruit or juice, but we didn't. haha.