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    Home » Our latest posts » Breads

    Green Tomato Bread Delicious End of Season Quick Bread

    June 29, 2015 Filed Under: Breads, Quick Bread

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    Green Tomato Bread is an easy quick bread made with green tomatoes, raisins and nuts.

    Green Tomato Bread is a delicious use for those tomatoes that fall off the vine or are still green at the end of the growing season.

    green tomato bread with text overlay "green tomato quick bread"

    Say what now?! Green Tomatoes... in BREAD?! Yes, it is similar in taste and texture to a zucchini bread and is a healthier alternative to Fried Green Tomatoes, which I do not particularly care for.

    I had a tomato vine break from the weight of the fruit. Since I didn't have all of the ingredients for Green Tomato Chow Chow, I opted to make a healthier version of a recipe  in The Beverly Lewis Amish Cookbook that calls for a half cup of oil and sugar per loaf of bread. Eek!

    I reduced both the oil and sugar plus swapped in some whole wheat flour. It was moist and lightly sweet.

    More sugar would have made it too sweet.

    What kind of tomatoes to use for Green Tomato Bread?

    The key to this recipe is to use unripe tomatoes. Not tomatillos or green zebras that are green when ripe. Well, you can use those, if they are not yet ripe.

    As you can see from the photos, I used a few tomatoes that were beginning to turn color, but they were still very firm and had very little juices.

    Ripe tomatoes will be too soft and will make the bread mushy.

    You can use cherry, grape Roma, beefsteak, etc. any tomato you have as long as they are still hard.

    Go pick a few of your un-ripened tomatoes, or save this recipe for use at the end of the season. I think you will be pleasantly surprised with this delightful bread.

    Lighter Green Tomato Bread

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    Ingredients
     

    • ¼ cup vegetable or canola oil
    • ¼ cup low or non fat yogurt
    • 1 egg
    • ⅓ cup sugar (or honey)
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 cup green tomatoes (diced into small chunks)
    • 1 cup all purpose flour
    • ½ cup whole wheat flour (or use all-purpose flour)
    • ½ teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ cup nuts (chopped)
    • ½ cup raisins (optional)

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a loaf pan.
    • In a large bowl combine oil, yogurt, eggs, sugar (or honey), vanilla and tomatoes.
    • Add flour, baking powder and baking soda and mix until all ingredients are wet. Stir in nuts and raisins. Pour into prepared loaf pan.
    • Bake for approximately 40-45 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

    Until next time, happy eating.
    ~Audrey

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    Comments

    1. Carlee @cookingwithcarlee

      June 30, 2015 at 11:25 am

      What an interesting idea! I have never heard of green tomato bread, but it is always nice to have a way to use the tomatoes that come off before they are ripe. I will have to give this a try!

      Reply
      • Audrey

        October 10, 2015 at 8:56 am

        Thanks, Carlee.

    2. Ashley

      July 03, 2015 at 9:32 pm

      Yum! This looks really tasty! I've never had any tomato bread before! Thanks for sharing with us at the Merry Monday link party. Hope you'll link up with us again next week. Sharing your post on Twitter!

      Reply
      • Audrey

        October 10, 2015 at 8:56 am

        The recipe was so unique when I saw it I had to try it

    3. Staci

      July 06, 2015 at 4:25 pm

      This is intriguing - I think I'm going to have to try it! Thanks for sharing your recipe at Talented Tuesday!

      Reply
      • Audrey

        October 10, 2015 at 8:55 am

        Thanks for stopping by.

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