A to Z Bread

Another recipe from the Nashville Mamas. I've made this bread recipe with bananas, zucchini, and squash, and they were all excellent. Some of the A-Z ingredients are a stretch, I think, but to each their own! Makes 2 normal loaves or 8 mini.

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3 eggs*
• 1 cup oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups A-Z item (see list below)
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Sift dry ingredients and set aside.
Beat eggs in large bowl; add oil & sugar; cream well.
Add A-Z item and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients.
Mix well.
Add nuts.
Spoon into 2 greased loaf pans.
Bake at 325 for 1 hour (or until done).


*Sometimes, I substitute applesauce for eggs (1/4 c. for each egg) or I use egg replacement.


A-Z: Add one of the following or a mixture to equal two cups, except where indicated:

Apples -- grated
Applesauce
Apricots -- chopped
Bananas -- mashed
Carrots -- grated
Cherries -- pitted/chopped
Coconut -- fresh/ground
Dates - pitted/chopped
Eggplant -- ground
Figs -- finely chopped
Grapes -- seedless
Honey -- omit sugar!
Lemons -- use only 1/2 c. lemon juice
Marmalade -- omit 1 cup sugar
Mincemeat
Oranges -- chopped
Peaches -- fresh or canned/chopped
Peppermint -- use 1/2 cup
Pears -- chopped
Pineapple -- crushed & well-drained
Prunes -- chopped (1 cup only)
Pumpkin -- canned
Raisins
Raspberries
Rhubarb -- finely chopped
Strawberries -- fresh or frozen
Sweet Potato -- coarsely grated
Tapioca -- cooked
Tomatoes -- use 1/2 cup sugar only
Yams -- cooked or mashed
Yogurt -- plain or flavoured
Zucchini -- ground or grated, drained