This depends on temperature and humidity of your area. Left in the bread box wrapped in plastic about 3 to 5 days. Refrigerated about 7 to 10 days and frozen, several weeks.
no, i would say Zucchini bread has 1800 century American origins.
No
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It depends on how long you want to keep it. The bread will dry out fast though if just left out. You should wrap in a ziplok bag if possible after removing most of the air. You can save that bag then for later uses. If covered it should remain quite tasty for several days if left on the counter.
Banana bread, zucchini bread, poppysead bread, carrot bread... etc....
Yes, zucchini bread can be made without cinnamon, but it will not taste quite the same as traditional zucchini bread. You might want to experiment by substituting other "sweet" spices such as ginger, allspice or nutmeg.
They probably did.
Yes, melted shortening can replace vegetable oil in zucchini bread, although shortening is not a healthy choice.
It will lack flavor
I love zucchini and grow it in my garden every year. Zucchini is pretty much tasteless, and takes on the flavor of whatever it is mixed in with it. I make zucchini bread with pineapple, nuts and raisins, chocolate zucchini bread, which tastes like brownies, lemon zucchini bread with nuts, zest of a lemon and lemon flavoring. With that being said, this is how I would do it. If you want zucchini to taste like apple pie use all the ingredients you normally use for apple pie, substituting zucchini for apples. Zucchini has a lot of water, so I think I would slice, chop it and put on paper towels to remove some of the moisture. I even think you could mix zucchini and apples.
Then you would be making Pineapple Nut Bread instead of Zucchini Nut Bread. With the increased acidity of the pineapple, you might need more baking soda. I suggest you look for a recipe for pineapple quick breads and make an ingredient comparison.