Whole Wheat Zucchini Raisin Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 cups coarsely grated peeled loosely packed zucchini
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 4 tablespoons wheat germ (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup currant raisins
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons raw sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in large mixing bowl, beat eggs until frothy.
• 3 add sugar, oil and vanilla to eggs and beat until thick.
• 4 stir in zucchini.
• 5 sift together dry ingredients and add to zucchini mixture; mix well.
• 6 in a small bag, mix together 1 tbsp brown sugar and 1 tbsp flour.
• 7 dredge the nuts and raisins thoroughly in flour and sugar mixture to keep them from settling to the bottom of the bread.
• 8 stir the nuts and raisins into the mixture.
• 9 pour into two greased and lightly floured 9 x 5 x 3 inch bread pans or 2 muffin tins (yield 24 muffins).
• 10 bake 1 hour or until done.
• 11 heat the 3 tbsp sugar in a small dish and add the sugar.
• 12 baste the bread or muffin tops with the mixture when they appear to have around 5 minutes left baking.
• 13 it makes a really nice crunchy, sugary crust.