Super Moist Zucchini Bread - printable recipe

I'm sharing a long-time family 

favorite recipe today!

When our garden explodes with 

zucchini every summer, I work

feverishly to process it for the 

freezer. 

Shredding, measuring and bagging

it with my beloved Food Saver!

The uniformly bagged zucchini 

occupies a designated corner of 

our chest freezer to be used in a

variety of dishes throughout the 

year!

zucchini bread

Adding shredded zucchini to recipes 

is a great way to increase your veggie 

consumption as it doesn't have a 

strong individual flavor.

However, there are two main recipes 

in our home that quickly deplete my 

pretty little frozen piles; this super 

moist zucchini bread and our rather

sassy zucchini relish.

Both are well loved by adults, children

and assorted family & friends!

Today, I'll share our bread recipe...

Zucchini Bread

(printable recipe)

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil

3 cups zucchini, shredded

3 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking Soda

¼ teaspoon baking Powder

3 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup raisins (optional)

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees (Fahrenheit)

2. Beat eggs until foamy

3. Add sugar, mix well

4. Add remaining ingredients, mix well.

Grease & flour 8-9 mini loaf pans, fill half full.

Bake @ 350° for 40-50 minutes.

~Maria Matter http://asimplefive.blogspot.com/

So delicious!

Be sure to pin it for this summer's

zucchini harvest!

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Zucchini lover?

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Easy Crockpot Mushrooms with Ranch & Parmesan - 4 ingredients

A simple mushroom recipe!

I am a carnivore!

yep, I'm a red meat eater and 

if that red meat is in the form

of a steak, all the better...

and if that steak is topped with

savory mushrooms...well, that's the best!

Only 4 Ingredients

Simply combine the four 

ingredients in a crockpot for 

four hours then serve!

You can slice the mushrooms 

or leave them whole.

I used mushrooms I had 

processed and froze from

this past year and they were

actually still a bit frozen when 

I put them in the crockpot. 

So fresh or frozen, though 

fresh is just a bit better! (:

Here's the handy dandy recipe.

Crockpot Mushrooms

(printable recipe) 

1 pound mushrooms

½ cup (1 stick) butter

1 ounce (6 tsp.) ranch dressing mix (powder)

2 Tbsp. parmesan cheese, grated

Cook 4 hours on high in Crockpot or until tender.

*note: if you're not using them immediately,

refrigerate in all their juices to reheat later.

Maria Matter 

http://asimplefive.blogspot.com/

Delicious!

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board on Pinterest.

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Birthday Cardmaking with My Mind's Eye and Paper Smooches!

Quick morning cardmaking!

When I decluttered my crafting 

supplies, oh my, I found that I 

had somewhat of a paper fetish!

However, with so many designer

paper pads it's quite easy to be

inspired.

For this birthday card, 

MME's Happy Day pad

caught my eye.

Hey Chickie!

My Mind's Eye-Happy Day papers, The Twinery twine,
Paper Smooches-Chubby Chums, Memento ink

So tweet sweet!

Anyone else have 

a paper fetish?

I know I'm not alone on this one! 

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Giant Soft Sugar Cookies - Printable Recipe

Giant Soft Sugar Cookies...are there four sweeter words?!

Excluding chocolate chip cookies, these are my favorites!

We have a local grocery store that sells giant sugar cookies, 

six to a plastic box. When the kids were little, it would be a 

treat to buy a box so we each would get one giant cookie.

Then we found this recipe...and OH are they good...and soft! 

As you can see from the title, the cookies are to be made

giant, larger than your average cookie, but I promise the

cookie police will not show up at your door if you choose

to make them regular size. (:

They just seem a bit more special when you can fill up 

a plate with four cookies. 

Here's the handy dandy recipe!

Giant Soft Sugar Cookies

(printable recipe)

makes 24 cookies

1½ cups  sugar

 ¾  cups butter, melted

 2  eggs

 1  cup buttermilk*

 1  tsp vanilla

 3  cups flour

 dash of salt

 1  tsp baking soda

  coarse sugar for topping

Cream together sugar, butter & eggs

Add buttermilk, mix well.

Add vanilla, mix

Combine flour, salt & soda.

Add dry ingredients to bowl, mix well on LOW speed.

Drop large spoonfuls of batter on parchment papered

cookie sheets. 

Sprinkle with coarse sugar on cookies before baking.

Bake @ 350°  for 10 minutes.

Maria Matter @ http://asimplefive.blogspot.com/

*substitute buttermilk 

with 1 cup milk + 1 Tablespoon vinegar, 

let set for a few minutes before adding to

the recipe.  works great!

Super easy to make, super easy to eat, and they share well!

What's your favorite 

cookie?

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