Squash bread

1 loaf, 18 slices

Flour, unsifted 1½ cups
Cinnamon 2 teaspoons
Baking powder 1 teaspoon
Baking soda ½ teaspoon
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Eggs 2
Sugar ¾ cup
Oil ½ cup
Vanilla 2 teaspoons
Zucchini or yellow summer squash, coarsely shredded, lightly packed 1⅓ cups

Preheat oven to 350°F. (moderate). Grease a 9- by 5- by 3-inch loaf pan.

Mix dry ingredients, except sugar, thoroughly.

Beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar, oil, and vanilla. Beat until lemon colored, about 3 minutes. Stir in squash. Add dry ingredients. Mix just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Pour into loaf pan. Bake 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.

Cool on rack. Remove from pan after 10 minutes.