Orange Zucchini Squares Recipes

ORANGE ZUCCHINI BREAD WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, and orange zest and juice.
• In another large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, cardamom, and baking soda.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, along with the zucchini, and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
• If you'd like to add any nuts, fold in about 1 cup chopped nuts.
• Line two loaf pans with foil or parchment paper, letting the edges hang over the pans. This is a MUST - bread wants to stick to pan. Coat with non-stick spray.
• Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes, or until tops and edges are golden, and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Remove pans to a wire rack to cool for 15-20 minutes. Do not cool in pan -- bread likes to stick.
• Run a knife along any edges that may have seeped and stuck to the pan.
• Remove loaves from pan using the foil or parchment paper edges. Cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare glaze.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together all glaze ingredients until smooth.
• Depending on how juicy your orange was, you may need to add a little water or more powdered sugar! You should be able to drizzle or pour it, but it shouldn't easily run off the bread.
• Drizzle glaze over cooled loaves. Cut and serve.

ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 9- or 8-inch square pan. In large bowl, mix brown sugar, butter, vanilla and egg. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon cloves. Stir in zucchini and nuts. Spread in pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, mix all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Spread frosting over bars. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

ZUCCHINI CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a Bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla and milk to the butter mixture. Stir in dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Fold in zucchini, orange zest, and nuts.
• Pour into a greased and floured Bundt cake pan. Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely. Before serving, drizzle with glaze.
• To make the glaze: In a small bowl mix together sugar, orange juice and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Invert cake onto serving dish, then pour glaze over.

ORANGE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a large loaf pan with baking spray and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger.
• In another medium bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and olive oil together until combined. Add in the vanilla extract, zest and orange juice. Beat until well combined. Add the flour mixture in one addition and stir until combined. Stir in the zucchini and pecans.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes until bread is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let bread cool in pan for 10 mins then turn out and let cool completely on a cooling rack.

ORANGE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Place raisins and water in a bowl; let stand for 5 minutes. Drain; set raisins aside. In a bowl, combine sugar, oil and eggs; mix well. Stir in cereal, orange zest and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture. mix well. stir in zucchini and raisins. Pour into a greased 11x7-in. baking pan. Bake at 325° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool. , In a bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and orange zest until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar and water; beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

ORANGE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, blend together cubed butter, flour and sugar with a pastry cutter, a food processor, or your hands. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan lined with parchment paper.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are just starting to brown.
• In a large bowl, crack eggs and whisk them.
• To the eggs, add sugar, flour, orange juice, and orange zest. Whisk well, until no clumps remain. Pour over the baked crust after it is done baking.
• Once the filling has been added, bake for an additional 20 minutes. (Do not cover.)
• Remove from oven and let bars cool to room temperature. Place in the refrigerator for at 2 hours then dust with confectioners sugar before serving.
• Cut into squares and serve.

ZUCCHINI ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour bottoms only of two 8x4 or 9x5 loaf pans.
• In large bowl, beat eggs until thick and lemon-coloured; gradually beat in sugar.
• Add oil, orange juice and zucchini.
• Stir in remaining bread ingredients; mix well.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350°F degrees for 45-55 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans; cool slightly on a rack.
• In small bowl, blend glaze ingredients; spread over warm loaves.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Wrap tightly and store in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE CHIP ORANGE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, and continue beating until well blended. Stir in oil, vanilla, zucchini, nuts, chocolate chips, and orange rind. Blend in sifted ingredients. Turn batter into two greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes, or until bread tests done. Remove loaves from pans, and cool. Chill before slicing.

ZUCCHINI ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Grate zucchini and set aside.
• Zest one orange, and juice all the oranges. You'll need 3/4 cup orange juice total, 1/2 cup for the muffin batter, and 1/4 cup for the glaze.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add in vanilla extract and egg. Beat in the orange zest and 1/2 cup of orange juice.
• Add flour, baking soda and salt, just until combined. Fold in the shredded zucchini.
• Line a muffin pan with cupcake wrappers or spray with baking spray. Use a large scoop and add batter.
• Bake in 425 degree oven for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, reduce heat to 350 (without taking muffins out) and cook for an additional 10-12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• While the muffins cool, make the glaze with whisking powdered sugar with 1/4 cup orange juice until desired consistency. If it's too thin add a little more powdered sugar. Drizzle over cooled muffins.

ORANGE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the eggs and oil. Add sugar; mix well. Stir in the lemon zest, orange zest and extracts. Add zucchini; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, ginger and baking soda; stir into zucchini mixture just until moistened. Fold in walnuts., Transfer to four greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

ORANGE ZUCCHINI SQUARES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients together; stir in walnuts and zucchini.
• In another bowl, mix egg, orange juice and oil.
• Fold into dry ingredients and add orange zest.
• Spoon into pan and bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool; cut into squares.