Zucchini Bread (from the Lion House Cookbook)

1 cup oil

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

3 tsp vanilla

2 cups shredded raw zucchini

3 cups flour

1 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

3 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Combine oil, sugar, and eggs in large mixer bowl. Beat well. Blend in vanilla and zucchini. Sift dry ingredients together. Add to oil mixture and blend well. Add nuts.

Pour batter into 2 loaf pans (8x4x3), well greased and lightly floured. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour, or until loaves test done. Or use 3 medium loaf pans and reduce baking time to about 30 minutes. Let stand in pans for ten minutes, then turn out on racks to cool.