Cucumber Quick Bread Food

CUCUMBER NUT BREAD

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Need to do something with all those cucumbers from your garden? Here is a delicious, moist nut bread with spices you can vary to your taste.

Provided by Marcella

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes

Time 2h35m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

cooking spray
2 cups peeled, seeded, and shredded cucumber
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 2 5x9-inch loaf pans with cooking spray.
Place shredded cucumbers into a colander and let drain for about 30 minutes.
Stir eggs, vegetable oil, sugar, vanilla extract, drained cucumber, and pecans together in a large bowl. Whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and cloves in a separate bowl. Stir dry ingredients into the cucumber mixture until batter is thoroughly combined. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
Bake loaves in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing from pans to finish cooling on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 491.1 calories, Carbohydrate 59.6 g, Cholesterol 46.5 mg, Fat 26.5 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 230.6 mg, Sugar 33.9 g

QUICK BREAD-AND-BUTTER PICKLES

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Make your own sweet pickled Kirby cucumbers in no time.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 45m

Yield 4 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon celery seeds
1/4 teaspoon whole allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 clove garlic, peeled and cracked
1 small onion, thinly sliced
Kosher salt
4 Kirby cucumbers, unpeeled, sliced into 1/8-inch rounds
1 cup distilled white vinegar

Steps:

Bring the sugar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, allspice, turmeric, garlic, onion, 3 teaspoons salt and 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Place the cucumbers in medium bowl. Pour the hot spice mixture over the cucumbers, then stir in the vinegar. Let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Serve, or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

QUICK CUCUMBER PICKLES WITH RYE BREAD AND CHEESE

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Categories Cheese Marinate No-Cook Cocktail Party Vegetarian Quick & Easy Cucumber Summer Gourmet

Yield Makes 6 hors d'oeuvre servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 English cucumbers
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon dry mustard
2 teaspoons drained bottled horseradish
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
1 loaf rye bread (1 pound)
2 (6- to 8-ounce) pieces semisoft cheese (preferably German, such as Cambozola or Mirabo)

Steps:

Cut cucumbers crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick slices, then toss with kosher salt in a bowl and let stand 15 minutes. Rinse and drain cucumbers and pat dry with paper towels.
Whisk together vinegar, sugar, mustard, horseradish, and dill until sugar is dissolved. Stir in cucumber and let stand at least 5 minutes.
Slice bread and serve with pickles and cheese.

CUCUMBER PARTY SANDWICHES

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This is one of my favorite appetizers. We have lots of pig roasts here in Kentucky, and these small sandwiches are perfect to serve while the pig is roasting. -Rebecca Rose, Mount Washington, Kentucky

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Appetizers

Time 20m

Yield 2-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Italian salad dressing mix
30 slices cocktail rye or pumpernickel bread
60 thin cucumber slices
Optional: Fresh dill sprigs and slivered red pearl onions

Steps:

Beat cream cheese, mayonnaise and dressing mix until blended; let stand 30 minutes. , Spread cream cheese mixture on bread. Top each with 2 cucumber slices and, if desired, dill and red onion slivers. Refrigerate, covered, until serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 53 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 8mg cholesterol, Sodium 92mg sodium, Carbohydrate 4g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.