Summer Squash Cinnamon Streusel Bread

By: Lisa from Two Bears Farm

Combine sweet with savory for breakfast and you get a Summer Squash Cinnamon Streusel Bread! This bread is so delicious, you will undoubtedly pencil-in this breakfast for everyday on your summer calendar.

Yields2 loaves

Cooking Time1 hr

Ingredients

Bread:
2 cups (1 large or 2 medium) summer squash, shredded
14 tablespoons butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Streusel:
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray two bread pans lightly with cooking spray.
Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Stir in eggs and vanilla.
Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; add to butter mixture, mixing until dry ingredients are just moistened. Fold in summer squash.
For streusel, combine all ingreadients in a bowl until crumbly.
Spoon half of squash batter into pans. Sprinkle w/ half of streusel. Add remaining squash batter on top, press down lightly, and sprinkle with remaining streusel.
Bake 60 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing.