Green Tomato Bread

Description

I grew up thinking that this was zucchini bread…ha! Once I found out it was actually green tomatoes, I was a little weirded out, but still went back for more. An excellent way to use up those green tomatoes in a very tasty bread.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups finely diced green tomatoes
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 ½ cups chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9×5-inch loaf pans.
  2. Mix tomatoes
  3. sugar
  4. walnuts
  5. canola oil
  6. eggs
  7. vanilla extract
  8. and salt together in a large bowl until well blended. Mix flour
  9. cinnamon
  10. baking soda
  11. and baking powder together in a separate bowl; stir into egg mixture until just blended. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
  12. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle of each loaf comes out clean
  13. about 1 hour. Let cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before transferring loaves to wire racks to cool completely.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Servings: 20

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