Diana's Zucchini Bread

Years ago my friend Diana brought us all some zucchini bread to dinner one night when us girls met.  It was so incredibly delicious so I asked for the recipe and tucked it away for years.  I need to make this soon!  I bet my kids would love it and the added bonus would be some veggies in their bread!

Zucchini Bread

Ingredients:

 4 c coarsely chopped zucchini
3 c all-purpose flour
2 1/2 c sugar
1 1/4 c vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
1 Tbsp + 1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 c chopped nuts (optional)

Directions:
 Heat oven to 350.  Generously grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans.  Blend all ingredients in mixer on low speed for 1 minutes, scraping bowl constantly.  Beat on medium speed for 1 minute.  Pour into pans.  Bake for 50 minutes to an hour.  Pick should come out clean.  Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pans.  Cool completely before cutting.  Stores well in refrigerator for about a week.  Freezes well, too.