Jalapeno Summer Squash Quick Bread

Yummy Spicy bread, good option for Breakfast or a evening snack:)




Ingredients

• 1 1/3  cups flour
• 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp ground cumin
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 ¾ cup shredded summer squash (i used zuchini)
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped (about ¼ cup) (I added 1 jalepeno grated along with the squash as is)

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour an 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Whisk together eggs, sugar, oil, and sour cream in a medium bowl.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cumin in large bowl.
• Stir shredded squash and jalapeno peppers into wet ingredients.
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir to combine until just moistened.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool bread in the ban for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
•  Enjoy yum bread!

Tips

• Grate the jalepeno first and then the squash
• Zuchini - for the summer squash gives the green tinge nicely, and has lesser water content
• Instead of sour cream can use thick curd