Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread

Ingredients

For bread

 
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup grated cucumber peeled, seeds removed, drained - see notes
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans optional

For glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

For bread

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl mix eggs, vegetable oil and sugar together with hand mixer.
  3. Add grated cucumber, vanilla and lemon juice. Stir with spoon to combine.
  4. Add flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cloves to bowl. Continue to sir with spoon.
  5. Add pecans into the bowl. These are optional but highly recommended! Stir again.
  6. Spray a 5x9 loaf pan with nonstick spray. Add batter into loaf pan.
  7. Bake for 60 minutes.
  8. Let cool for 10 minutes. Remove and transfer to wire rack to completely cool.

For glaze

  1. Mix powdered sugar and milk together in bowl with a spoon.
  2. Once bread is cool, pour glaze on top.

 

Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread