Banana-Zucchini Bread Recipe

4 eggs

  2 cups sugar

 1 cup vegetable oil

  2 medium ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)

  3 cups all-purpose flour

  1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

   1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda

  1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

  1 teaspoon salt

 1-1/2 cups shredded unpeeled zucchini

1 cup chopped pecans

 Directions

1. In a bowl, beat eggs. Blend in sugar and oil. Add bananas and mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; stir into egg mixture. Stir in zucchini and pecans just until combined. 

2.  Pour into two greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 2 loaves. 

If Cooking for Two: Wrap and freeze one loaf to enjoy later.