Give your zucchini bread a little tangy flavor with added sourdough starter in this delicious quick-bread recipe.
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Artisan Sourdough Bread Kit
Artisan Sourdough Bread Kit
$50.99
This sourdough bread kit contains everything you need to get started making beautiful, tasty, artisan-style sourdough bread at home!
Equipment in the sourdough bread starter kit may appear different than pictured.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/3 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. orange zest (optional)
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 to 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 cup shredded, unpeeled zucchini squash
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Grease one 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add eggs one at a time, blending after each addition.
- Stir in mashed bananas and sourdough starter.
- Stir in the vanilla extract and orange zest and set aside.
- In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Add the flour mixture, chopped nuts, and shredded zucchini squash to the prepared sourdough mixture, stirring just until blended.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Set the filled loaf pan aside to let it rest for approximately 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
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Bake 60-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or the internal temperature of the bread reaches 200°F.
