CUCUMBER NUT BREAD

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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.

Provided by Marcella

Time 2h35m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 14

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

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 2 5x9-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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 491.1 calories, Carbohydrate 59.6 g, Cholesterol 46.5 mg, Fat 26.5 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 230.6 mg, Sugar 33.9 g