When we were little my dad had a garden and must have grown zucchini. I remember mom making zucchini bread all the time. I especially loved when she would make CHOCOLATE zucchini bread, it was moist, sweet, and delicious!
Facebook is great for sharing recipes! A friend posted the status “making zucchini bread,” and I remembered mom's freshly baked treat. I asked my friend Deb for this recipe and she gladly shared. (That's how I came across the recipes for
Veggie Pot Pie and
Marbled-Chocolate Banana Bread, too) Here it is for you all to bake at home!
Zucchini Bread
1 ½ cups flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
2 eggs
¾ cup sugar
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
¼ cup canola oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 ½ cups coarsely shredded zucchini
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Mix dry ingredients (flour through salt) thoroughly
- In large mixing bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar, applesauce, oil and vanilla. Beat until lemon-colored, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in zucchini.
- Add dry ingredients and mix until just moistened.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Of course I tried out a couple of changes!
- I used half whole wheat flour and half white – still yummy!
- I tried a chocolate version by adding 1/3 cup of cocoa powder to the dry ingredients – delicious!
Today's tips: Share recipes with a friend! Oh, and zucchini is plentiful now, so make some delicious zucchini bread for your family.
Just made chocolate banana swirl bread, which my kids like w/o the choc. Thought about trying the choc swirl method to zucchini bread which my kids don't like as much. Glad to know it isn't a weird combo, then again I suppose choc. goes with anything!
ReplyDeleteFor those who are moving towards a gluten-free diet, quick breads can easily be made GF by substituting an equal amount of GF flour (Bob's Red Mill makes a GREAT all-purpose flour) and adding 1 t of xanthum gum per loaf of bread. All my baked goods these days are GF... no need to suffer without tasty breads and cookies! :)
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