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मंगलवार, 27 जुलाई 2021

Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting is deliciously moist and absolutely heavenly. This is one of the best ways to use up those extra summer zucchini.

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Zucchini Bars Recipe

Right about this time the gardens start to become taken over by zucchini. There are so many great recipes to make zucchini with. Zucchini is my favorite vegetable in the garden. I love them sautéed as a side, I love them in quick bread, and I especially loved them in these bars. If you don’t have a garden full of zucchini, go to the store right now and buy some. These zucchini bars are so worth it!

These zucchini bars were so moist and perfect. Packed with two whole cups of zucchini. The best part of these dessert bars was watching my picky eater who hates all foods devour them. It just puts a smile on my face to sneak veggies into recipes. These were hands-down THE best zucchini bars that I have had. But let me tell you about my very favorite part. The browned butter frosting. This zucchini bars recipe was originally inspired by these banana bread bars. Mostly for the browned butter frosting. Browning the butter is just one extra step that takes boring old frosting to mind-blowing. It gives it a nutty flavor and complements the bars perfectly.

Ingredients For Brown Butter Zucchini Bar

Zucchini bars are so simple to make with pantry staple ingredients! It all comes together quickly and easily with just a few steps. For complete ingredient listing and measurements, see the recipe card below.

Granulated sugar: Adds the sweetness to the zucchini.
Vegetable oil: Add moisture and lightness to the cake.
Eggs: Have the eggs at room temperature for better mixing.
All purpose flour: The flour provides structure for the bars.
Baking powder: This is the rising agent to help them be fluffy.
Salt: Salt balances the sweet.
Ground Cinnamon: Cinnamon is the perfect spice for zucchini.
Shredded zucchini about 3 medium: Even extra large zucchini will work for this recipe.
Pecans chopped: Give the zucchini bars texture and crunch.

Brown Butter Frosting

This brown butter frosting recipe is one of the best! It takes these zucchini bars to the next level. For all measurements see the recipe card below.

Butter: You have to use real unsalted butter for the flavor.
Powdered sugar: Gives the frosting its sweetness.
Vanilla: Adds flavor that goes with the zucchini bars.
Milk: Add more or less to thin it out to desired consistency.

How to Make Zucchini Bars with Browned Butter

In three simple steps, you will have the perfect combination of sweet and savory dessert. Use up your zucchini from your garden in this zucchini bar recipe. Feed a crowd with this summertime dessert!

Prep and mix: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 15x10x1 inch pan. In a medium mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Wet ingredients: In a mixer, add sugar, oil and eggs and mix until smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until incorporated.
Bake: Stir in zucchini and chopped pecans. Spread evenly in prepared pan. Cook for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean. Let bars cool completely.
Make Frosting: To make the brown butter frosting, heat a medium sized saucepan to medium heat. Add butter and whisk until it turns brown. Add in powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Stir together until smooth. Spread over cooled bars.

The Best Zucchini Bars Tips

These are decadent, luscious, and easy-to-make dessert bars. Zucchini is so easy to shred and prepare for this simple zucchini bar recipe. Add in nuts or chocolate chips even to make it a variety of zucchini bars!

Zucchini: When shredding your zucchini do it finely, especially if you are worried about kids figuring out what’s hiding in their dessert. The smaller the easier it is to hide. You can also peel the zucchini, but it isn’t necessary. Do not to squeeze out any extra liquid. You want the moisture to create the best bars ever.
Pecans: If you do not like pecans you can leave them out or use walnuts.

How To Brown Butter

Don’t be scared by browning butter, it is super simple and foolproof if you follow these tips. To get the best-browned butter you really need to use unsalted butter. There are several reasons you want to use unsalted butter. First, unsalted butter is going to be fresher. Salt acts as a preservative so salted butter will have a longer shelf life, meaning unsalted will be fresher.

Use a light colored pan: You want to be able to see the brown bits form at the bottom of the pan. Using a dark colored pan will prevent you from seeing when the those have formed and this is a key clue to when your butter is done. Those dark specks are the toasted milk solids that bring the flavor, so don’t leave them behind.
Don’t Stop Stirring: This will make sure your butter cooks evenly and will help it from going from brown to burnt too fast, which can happen.
Cut the butter into pieces: Again you want it to cook evenly and cutting it will help it do so.
Remove from heat and pan: Once your butter has foamed, turned golden brown and the brown specks form, you want to remove it from the heat. Transfer the butter to a different pan as well or as in this case add something to the pan. This will help the butter stop cooking so it doesn’t go from browned to burnt.
Smell: It should have a buttery, nutty rich smell as well.

How to Store Zucchini Dessert Bars

Zucchini bars with butter frosting will keep at room temperature for up to 3 days. They will last even longer in the fridge up to 10 days. You can also freeze them. Refrigerate the bars first then cut into bars and place in freezer-safe bags.

Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting is deliciously moist and absolutely heavenly. This is one of the best ways to use up those extra summer zucchini.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword bar recipes, zucchini bars, zucchini recipes

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings Bars

Calories 292kcal

Author Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups shredded zucchini about 3 medium
1 1/2 cups pecans chopped

Brown Butter Frosting:

6 tablespoons butter
6 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 to 10 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 15x10x1 inch pan. In a medium mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
In a mixer, add sugar, oil, and eggs and mix until smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until incorporated.
Stir in zucchini and chopped pecans. Spread evenly in prepared pan. Cook for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes clean. Let bars cool completely.

To make the Brown Butter Frosting

Heat a medium-sized saucepan to medium heat. Add butter and whisk until it turns brown. Add in powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. Stir together until smooth. Spread over cooled bars.

Notes

Updated on July 27, 2021

Originally Posted on July 27, 2014

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सोमवार, 26 जुलाई 2021

Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread is the gift that keeps on giving! This simple starter yields sweet, delicious bread every time!

What is better than moist, sweet bread fresh out of the oven? Easy apple, zucchini, and lemon are more delicious sweet bread recipes for an anytime treat!

Close-up of Amish Friendship Bread, sliced.

Simple Amish Friendship Bread Recipe

Amish Friendship Bread begins as a starter that, once developed, can easily be shared with friends and family to build a sense of giving and community. Unlike a sourdough starter, which requires meticulous feeding and growing conditions, Amish Friendship Bread starts in a ziplock bag and only requires a daily mash to develop. At around day 10, your starter is ready for either baking or gifting! It is a delicious way to connect with others.

In my opinion, slowly-developed yeast always makes a better bread with a more defined flavor and texture. This, plus the sweet, cinnamon flavors added during the baking process make Amish Friendship Bread a winner! With just a few straightforward steps, I know that you will be able to develop a healthy starter and make delicious, sweet bread as well! The best part is you can share your amazing creation with neighbors, friends, and family to keep the delicious chain going!

Amish Friendship Bread and Starter Ingredients

Not only is this Amish friendship bread straightforward and simple to make, but it also utilizes a lot of basic ingredients! Here are the ingredients for the starter. For all measurement, amounts see the recipe card below.

Warm Water: Yeast activates better in warm conditions than cold, so we add warm water to the mixture.
Dry Yeast: I use active dry yeast in this recipe.
Flour: All-purpose flour works best in this recipe for a light, fluffy texture.
Granulated Sugar: Adds sweetness to the starter. Amish Friendship Bread starters are typically much sweeter than others.
Milk: You will want milk that is 2% or higher in fat.

Amish Friendship Bread Ingredients

Using your friendship bread starter you will create the best bread that is sweet and savory in every bite. For all ingredient listings, see the recipe card below for the printable recipe card.

Friendship Bread Starter: You can use half of your starter and either save or give away the other portion.
Vegetable Oil: Used to add moisture to your mix and bind fats together.
Granulated Sugar: To add extra sweetness to your bread.
Eggs: Binding agent that gives your bread structure
Vanilla: For flavor- I like using pure vanilla extract for the best flavor.
Baking Powder and Baking Soda: Used to keep your bread fluffy and light.
Salt: To enhance flavors.
Cinnamon: Adds a woody, nutty flavor that pairs perfectly with the sweetness of the bread.
All-Purpose Flour: All-purpose flour works best for a light texture. Flour with a high protein content can make your bread too dense.

How to Make Amish Friendship Bread and Starter

An important thing to keep in mind is that no two starters are the same. Don’t be alarmed if your starter looks or smells a little different than your neighbor’s. They may have used different flour, milk, or just have completely different conditions in their kitchen. As long as you are consistent with mashing your starter and feeding on day 6, you should have healthy yeast ready to make delicious Amish friendship bread!

Add Yeast to Warm Water: Mix the packet of yeast into the warm water and let sit for about 5 minutes until frothy.
Mix Flour and Sugar: In a glass bowl, mix the flour and sugar together. Mix in the milk and then the yeast mixture. Pour into a gallon ziplock bag and leave out on the counter top.
Day 1-5: For the next 5 days, be sure to mash the ziplock bag around, encouraging the yeast to activate.
Feed on Day 6: On the 6th day, add 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 cup of milk to the ziplock bag. Close and mash around until all combined.
Days 7-9: Continue to mash around once a day for days 7-9. On the 10th day your starter is ready for baking or gifting. Reserve 1 cup for baking, 1 cup for gifting. If you would like to keep the starter going, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk to the remaining starter and mix around. This starts the cycle over again and day 10 becomes day 1.

How to Make Amish Bread from Scratch

Preheat Oven and Prep Pans: Preheat oven to 325°. Grease two 9×5 loaf pans and set aside.
Prepare Mixtures: In a glass bowl mix the starter, oil, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla together. In another bowl mix the baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and flour together.
Mix Wet and Dry Ingredients: Pour the liquid mixture over the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Fill Pans and Add Toppings: Fill the two prepared pans with ¼ of the batter, using half in total. Mix together the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle half of it over the top of the batter in the pans. Split the remaining batter evenly between the two pans and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar over the top.
Bake: Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan.

The process of making amish friendship bread.

Amish Friendship Bread Recipe Tips and Variations

Use these easy tips to get the best result out of your Amish friendship bread! This bread is so good and will be fun to make with all your friends and family!

Appearance: A healthy starter should be light and milky with some bubbles present.
Smell: Don’t be alarmed if your starter smells like acetone or alcohol. This just means it needs to be fed. A starter that is ready for baking should smell yeasty and bread-like.
Mold: Mold usually develops if your starter is left in the fridge for too long without being fed. If you see any patches of pink, this means your starter is moldy and needs to be thrown away.
Activating Frozen Starters: The great thing about Amish friendship bread starters is that they can easily be frozen and just as easily be reactivated. Even after years! Allow your starter to thaw at room temperature and then treat it as if it is day 6 and feed. From there, follow the rest of the steps of the recipe until it is ready for baking again.
Using a Bowl Instead of a Bag: Instead of making your starter in a ziplock bag, you can make it in a bowl covered with plastic wrap. This works great if you are making larger quantities of starter.
Adding Additional Flavor: Once you are ready to bake, you can customize your bread by adding things like walnuts, pecans, or dried fruit. You can also add a box of pudding to your bread dough for more flavor and fat content, resulting in very moist bread.

A bag of healthy Amish Friendship Bread starter.

Storing Leftover Amish Friendship Bread and Starter

At Room Temperature: Baked Amish friendship bread keeps best at room temperature, wrapped in plastic wrap. It will stay good for up to 4 days.
In the Refrigerator: You can easily keep your starter in the fridge if you plan on baking with it in the near future. Keep in mind that while the colder temperatures slow yeast development, you still need to feed your starter every once in a while or it will develop mold.
In the Freezer: If you want to be completely hands-off, store your starter in the freezer. It can last for years. To reactivate, simply thaw and then start a feeding/mashing regimen again.

Amish Friendship Bread

Amish Friendship Bread is the gift that keeps on giving! This simple starter yields sweet, delicious bread every time!

Course Bread, Side Dish

Cuisine Amish

Keyword amish friendship bread, amish friendship bread recipe

Prep Time 10 days 20 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 10 days 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings slices of bread

Calories 542kcal

Author Alyssa Rivers