Category: Dessert

Simply Yummy Zucchini Bread

2/15/2014

I’ve been making this zucchini bread for over thirty years. I found it in Bouquet Garni: A liberal sampling for the fine art of cooking from alumnae of Mount Holyoke College, published in 1978. It’s one of my staples., yummy and simple to make.

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil (I use canola oil)
3 cups zucchini, peeled and grated (I grate in a food processor)
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups flour (I use 2 cups white, 1 cup whole wheat)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup grated coconut

Beat eggs until they are foamy; add sugar, oil, zucchini and vanilla; mix well. Combine the remaining ingredients, and add them to the zucchini mixture. Divide batter between two well-buttered 9 x 5 inch loaf pans. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45-60 minutes.

Thank you Beatrice Beach SZekely ’62, Buffalo, New York.

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Comfort Brown Sugar Brownies

12/24/2010

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Just seven simple ingredients that I always have on hand.

   Of course all brownies are comforting but these are especially so because after adding the first ingredient to the Cuisinart, it takes only 15 minutes before I am shoving the pan into the oven. How simple is that for comfort on a busy holiday morning?
    I got this recipe for brownies from a friend of my mother’s when I was a teenager and have been making them ever since. My mom, a proud-confessing chocoholic, always made chocolate brownies, the kind where you have to melt the chocolate, which takes time and produces another pan to wash. Ugh. We’d always tried to convince her not to add nuts, but she held strong to her idea that there was a right way, which was to follow the recipe exactly.
    For sure, these Brown Sugar Brownies are simple to make. But it is the taste that is the most comforting, all the way from the yummy batter, to the chocolate bits, to the finished product. Give it a try, unless, of course you don’t like brownies. In that case, how about comforting a friend?

Comfort Brown Sugar Brownies. Yummy

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a food processor mix:
3 eggs
2/3 cup margarine
2 cups light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix in
2 cups flour (if you want a little nutrition, substitute a cup of whole wheat flour)
1 teaspoon baking powder
Add
1 cup chocolate bits
Put mixture a 9x11 pan and shove into the oven. (I use a Pyrex pan and spray it with Pam.)
Bake for 20-25 minutes.

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Girl with Cherries, ca. 1491–95, Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio de Predi

About Comfort Food

Whenever I long for silence, solitude and simplicity, I’m always hoping to find comfort food waiting for me. My comfort food rules are simple.

Comfort Food must be
1) Easy to prepare
2) Taste yummy in my tummy
Comfort Food does not need to be
1) Nutritious (although it often is)
2) Prepared from scratch
Comfort Food can be
1) Fruit and vegetables
2) Fried in bacon fat (my personal favorite)
3) Chocolate
4) Low in cholesterol
5) High in cholesterol
6) Add your personal favorite:_____________

Index
Fresh Tomato Sauce
Broiled Salmon
Baked Zucchini
Ministrone
Italian Sausage Soup
Simply Yummy Zucchini Bread
Comfort Beef Stew
Guacamole
Broccoli-Cheese Soup
Brownies
Comfort Chicken Soup
Comfort Carrot and
Cauliflower Soup Comfort Cheese Appetizers
Grilled Salmon
Mac and Cheese
Meatballs-Made-by-Her
Yorkshire Pudding
Broccoli-Cheese Soup

Simply Yummy Zucchini Bread

Comfort Brown Sugar Brownies

About Comfort Food

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