Cherry Vanilla Zucchini Bread

Submitted by NurseAmbre

"Flavorful, colorful, and moist zucchini bread variation."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 2 loaves

ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups zucchini, grated
• 1⁄2 cup nuts, chopped
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (4 ounce) box vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained, rinsed and cut into 4 pieces (I cut them up a little smaller)

directions

1. Mix together in bowl eggs, oil, sugar, vanilla, zucchini, cherries and nuts, if using.
2. 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.
3. Bake @ 350 degrees 1 hour, or until bread tests done.
4. Copied recipe from Taste of Home.

Reviews

[Terri Newell]

Very good, very tasty. I didn't have a loaf pan, so baked in a glass 9x11 pan. It tested done at 40 minutes. I must say, you could as easily make this without the zucchini, since it couldn't be tasted at all!

 

[SmileyJannie]

This is the best zucchini bread. I have been making it for a couple years now. It is such a flexible recipe. I have changed the pudding flavor (chocolate is great), added nuts, omitted nuts, made big loaves, small loaves, cakes, or muffins. It also freezes very well.