Zucchini Base Aka Z B for Cakes, Cookies, & Pie
photo by Juliesmom
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
3 quarts
ingredients
- 12 cups mashed and strained steamed zucchini (you can also use other types of summer squash like crookneck, pattypan, etc)
- 1 cup molasses
- 4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cloves
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
directions
- Prepare hot, sterilized jars for canning: either 6 pints or 3 quarts. Set aside.
- Over medium heat in a large pot combine all ingredients.
- Bring to a bubbling boil, stirring occasionally, and skim off foam.
- Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes more.
- Pour immediately into prepared hot sterile jars and seal. (If you want to prepare them in a boiling water bath instead, process for 15 minutes.).
- Note: preparation time includes cooking/mashing of the precooked zucchini.
- The RecipeZaar page for the lunch cake, cookies, and pie is at: http://www.recipezaar.com/Z-B-Lunch-Cake-or-Z-B-Pie-or-Z-B-Cookies-327672.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Juliesmom
Molalla, OR
I love to cook and my daughters and I enjoy collecting recipes together!
My daughters here on RecipeZaar are
cxstitcher and Julesong.