Mom's Spiced Zucchini Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract , or more to taste
• 2 cups shredded zucchini
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.25 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.25 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.5 cups chopped walnuts , Optional
• 0.5 cups raisins , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

2. 2

   Beat sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla together in a large bowl until smooth. Fold in zucchini. Stir together flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, baking powder, and cloves in a separate bowl; gradually stir into sugar mixture until well combined. Fold in nuts and raisins until incorporated. Divide batter evenly into the prepared loaf pans.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers of each loaf comes out clean, about 50 minutes.