Recipe - Onion Zucchini Quick Bread

1 lg Zucchini (1/2lb), shredded
2 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1/3 cup Grated parmesan cheese
1 1/3 cup French's French Fried Onions
2.8 ounce can
1 tablespoon Baking powder
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh basil
OR
1 teaspoon Dried basil leaves
One half teaspoon Salt
Three fourths cup Milk
One half cup Unsalted butter, melted
One fourth cup Packed light brown sugar
2 lg Eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease 9x5x3inch loaf pan

Drain zucchini in colander. Combine flour, cheese, French Fried Onions,
baking powder, basil and salt in a large bowl.

Combine milk, butter, brown sugar and eggs in a medium bowl; whisk until
well blended. Place zucchini in kitchen towel; squeeze out excess liquid.
Stir zucchini into milk mixture.

Stir milk mixture into flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Do not
over mix. (Batter will be very stiff and dry.) Pour batter into prepared
pan. Run knife down center of batter.

Bake 5065 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan to wire rack;
cool completely. Cut into slices to serve.

Note: 1 One fourth c. whole wheat flour can be substituted for the allpurpose
flour.

For optimum flavor, wrap bread overnight and serve the next day.
This bread is excellent toasted.

From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #269

Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 15:03:21 0400 (EDT)

From: suzy suzy@gannett.infi.net