Patty Pan Squash Whole Wheat and Pecan Bread

(How's that for a title!)

We have so many squash and zucchini coming in from the garden, and I'm enjoying trying different ways of preparing them. This evening for dinner we had New York steak (farm raised, you betchya!), oven toasted whole grain bread, and we enjoyed sauted Patty Pan and yellow squash. Yum!

After dinner, I thought I would use up a bit more Patty Pan squash, so I decided to make the bread I've been meaning to make since late last week. It's as good as I'd hoped! Enjoy the recipe!

Anna's Patty Pan Squash, Whole Wheat and Pecan Bread
3 cups whole wheat flour (or use 1 1/2 cups white flour and 1 1/2 cups whole wheat for a lighter bread)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 1/3 cups sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups grated Patty Pan Squash
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans.
Combine flour, salt, baking powder, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg together in a bowl.
Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl.
Add sifted ingredients to the wet mixture; beat well.
Stir in squash and nuts until well combined.
Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake for 50 to 70 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove loaves from pan, and completely cool.

Eat when warm! Mmmmm, good!!
Enjoy morning, noon, and night...
Or freeze for enjoying later...
Or, try toasting a slice and spread on some soft butter....mmmm, good!

Comments

[diane mcvey]

Any bread with cinnamon and pecans has got to be wonderful! :D That looks SO good...it's making me want some nice warm bread NOW! And I don't think I have ingredients :( I might have the stuff to make pumpkin bread...may just have to go look!
Thanks for the lesson! I am also one that hasn't had that type of squash. It's very pretty, though! I'll have to look at the store and see if they have them. I love sauteed squash with garlic, so I'd love to try it that way! :D
Have a good weekend with Alan! Hope it's not too hot!

[Gabriela (Gabi With An Eye)]

Mmmff, grood, yjumm, rummf, mrawm. Sorry, mother really DID teach me not to talk with a mouthful; but damn! that patty pan bread looks sinfully delicious especially when it's piping hot out of the oven with imported Irish butter melting across a generous slice.

[Cathrine]

We gave up on our zucchini and started carving "Zucchini Men"...

http://papergardenprojects.com/blog/2010/08/26/zucchini-men/

LOL! Maybe I should try some baking too...

[bonnie weiss]

You make MARTHA look like an amateur! If it tastes half as good as it looks, it must be yummy.

[Beth M]

Sounds delicious!

[My Inkie Fingers]

Hmmmmm yummy! I will be right over! lol

[kathynruss]

Okay, I looked them up on Wikepedia.
"Pattypan comes in yellow, green, and white varieties. The squash is most tender when relatively immature; it is generally served when it is no more than two to three inches in diameter. In fine cuisine, its tender flesh is sometimes scooped out and mixed with flavorings such as garlic prior to reinsertion; the scooped-out husk of a pattypan also is sometimes used as a decorative container for other foods. Pattypan is a good source of magnesium, niacin, and vitamins A and C. One cup contains approximately 20 to 30 calories and no fat. It is often sliced, coated and fried until golden brown. In Polish cuisine they are pickled in sweet vinegar."
My Gram called them sultan's caps. Not something I can buy at Publix until they are dry, around Halloween, for table decorations. Sigh.

[kathynruss]

Okay, Anna. Time to go take a pic of a patty pan squash because I wouldn't know one if it jumped up and bit me! Your garden inventory says you harvested 10 of them. Lots of pics of cukes and zukes, but patty pan, nope! Never even heard of them.

[Carol Dee]

Looks good. Sounds very simular to the zuchinni recipe I have. And now to go have breakfast. That made me hungry :) Hugs...

[Jennifer K.]

That bread looks delish - it's only 5am and I'm starving!! I've never tried Patty Pan squash. Cool name though! :)

[Jan Scholl]

Starving at almost 4 AM and I have to look at this! We need Smellorama monitors.... yum this must be.