Light-Textured Zucchini Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups zucchini, shredded
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cups skim milk
• 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• cooking spray

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   Press zucchini between several layers of paper towels. set aside.

3. 3

   Combine flour, 1 cup sugar, walnuts, and next 6 ingredients (through nutmeg) in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.

4. 4

   Combine milk, oil, vanilla, and eggs in a bowl; stir with a whisk.

5. 5

   Add zucchini to wet mixture, stir.

6. 6

   Add wet ingredients to flour mixture; stir just until moist.

7. 7

   Divide batter evenly between 2 loaf pans coated with cooking spray.

8. 8

   Sprinkle each with 1 T sugar.

9. 9

   Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

10. 10

    Cool 5 minutes in pans on wire rack, remove from pans to cool completely.