Zucchini Bread

This is a recipe my mom e-mailed me in 2009 (thanks, mom).  The recipe is spattered with food, oil, etc., that's how you know it's good!

Ingredients:
3 eggs
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup oil
3 tbsp vanilla
2 cups grated zucchini and peeling
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 tsp cinnamon
*optional 1/2 cup nuts

This is the first any only thing I've gotten out of my garden this year (besides herbs)--never mind he's a little deformed.

Grate the zucchini and peeling.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat eggs until light and fluffy.  Add the sugar, oil and vanilla.  Beat well.  Add the zucchini, flour, baking powder, salt, soda and cinnamon.  Mix well.  Add nuts.  

I have two secret ingredients for better than normal zucchini bread:   Vietnamese cinnamon and homemade vanilla.

Pour into two greased loaf pans.  Bake 40-45 minutes (mine always takes longer).

This bread freezes really well....if it lasts long enough!