We were given a lot of cucumbers fresh out of David's grandma's garden. It was just after we had bought some at the store so at the end of it all, we were getting sick of them and running out of ideas. On Pinterest, I came across this recipe! It didn't sound that bad. We liked zucchini bread so why wouldn't we like this?
We baked it and it was SO good!!! The hardest part is grating all the cucumbers. After that, everything is simple. We even happened to have whole wheat and regular flour in our pantry so we followed the recipe to a T. The source had said that it tastes like zucchini bread but we can definitely tell it's cucumber. Also, because of the extra water content, it takes a bit longer to bake it but you can't tell that with the toothpick test. It took us the full 45 minutes.
I will definitely make this again but I'm not sure if I would buy cucumbers specifically for it. I might wait til we have a plethora again. The bread isn't particularly healthy (other than the cucumbers...it does have 2 whole cups of sugar in it) but it's also great smeared with a little butter.
The source also says that it freezes really well. They had made 4 mini loaves but we don't have mini loaf pans so it turned out to be 2 regular size loaves (filled about halfway full before baking). It would be a bit hard to half this recipe since it uses 3 eggs but I don't think 2 loaves is unreasonable. Then you can freeze one or share it with a friend!
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