Switcheroo Number Two

This is the photo of the banana bread that I made yesterday and posted the recipe for here a few days ago. But many of you have asked for the zucchini bread recipe, too so I'd be glad to oblige:

Zucchini Bread
Preheat oven to 350* Butter two standard loaf pans
In a large bowl combine:
3 1/4 cup of organic unbleached flour, germ restored
1 1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups sugar
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In a separate bowl combine:
2 sticks butter, melted and cooled
4 beaten eggs
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup applesauce
2 heaping cups grated zucchini (probably 3 cups, actually)
1/2 cup golden raisins, soaked in warm water or rum overnight
Mix wet ingredients into dry, add raisins and fold in. Bake in 2 loaf pans at 350* for one hour.

The Old Switcheroo...

It was a Friday baking frenzy! The cheesemaking class was coming Saturday morning and my dear neighbor Mrs M was turning 90 years young. She loves my zucchini bread so I whipped up a few loaves. The MAN loves my banana bread, so a few of those got made, too. During the frenzy, I grabbed my camera and got the zuke bread, but forgot to shoot the banana bread. I remembered just as 12 people were lifting their pieces to their lips! oh well...here is the banana bread recipe but with a switcheroo zucchini bread photo instead. When I bake again this week, I'll switch out the photos before the MAN dives into the first loaf, if I can. It's a doozy of a sweet bread with goat cheese inside. MMMMMmmmmmm!The MAN's Favorite Banana Bread
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups all purpose flour
3 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
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8 over-ripe bananas
2 sticks of butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 heaping cup of sugar
4 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
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1 cup pecans finely chopped
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter two standard size loaf pans. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking soda and salt. Mash 4 of the bananas coarsely with a fork, so they still remain chunky. Set aside. In the mixer whip remaining bananas and sugar for a few minutes until light and fluffy. Add butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat another minute. Slowly combine wet ingredients into the dry ingredients with a spatula until just mixed. Do not overblend! Fold in nuts, chocolate chips and chunky bananas until well blended. Divide the batter between the two prepared loaf pans. Bake one hour and 15 minutes, but start checking with a toothpick after one hour...it might be done early!

Dessert in the Garden, Anyone?

Take a seat...I can throw this together in no time...

Your "Basic" Snow Ice Cream:
7 cups of clean snow
(a rare commodity in these parts!)
Whisk in one whole can of sweetened condensed milk
Simple as that.
The MAN will like this...for the 'very cold and very sweet' cravings

Your "Fancy" Snow Ice Cream:
7 cups of clean snow
Whisk in one 14 oz. can of full fat coconut milk
3 big TB of ginger jam or little chips of candied ginger
a few TB of maple syrup
I like this one because it's less sweet and I love anything with coconut milk in it.
Think I'll stir in some coconut flakes before I put it in the freezer

Okay, lemme just add a brain freeze disclaimer here. Farm at Coventry is not responsible for the inevitable excruciating headache that comes from scarfing this yummy stuff down outside as you are whipping it up for your waiting guests. I am positive the chickadees were laughing at me from the rosebushes as I did the bbbrrrain frrreeeze dance around the garden. The cure is to put your thumb on the roof of your mouth to coax those constricted blood vessels back open....but that only works if your hands are nice and warm! Mine were not...
Chickadee-dee-dee-dee-hee-hee-hee
hmmm, wait a minute...14 cups of snow ice cream for two people???
I better make a few phone calls, eh?