Sweet Recipe – Sweet Summer Squash Bread

This recipe is great for finding a use for all of the yellow squash that comes from the garden in the summer. It has an amazing sweet flavor! I got it from a good friend's mother.

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 ½ cups white sugar
• 2 cups grated yellow squash
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
2. Mix flour, sugar, squash, oil, pineapple, nuts, eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl; pour into prepared loaf pans.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool bread for 10 minutes in pan before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

• calories644.7
• carbohydrateContent85.2 g
• cholesterolContent55.8 mg
• fatContent31.8 g
• fiberContent2.6 g
• proteinContent7.9 g
• saturatedFatContent4.1 g
• sodiumContent393.4 mg
• sugarContent53.8 g