Last week, my neighbor gave me the world's biggest zucchini, which meant I just had to bake a million loaves of zucchini bread, right?
Right.
Slightly Healthier Zucchini Bread
3 cups of flour (I used mostly whole wheat, with a little all-purpose.)
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
3 teaspoons of cinnamon
3 eggs
1 cup of oil (I used what I had on hand: a little bit of coconut oil, a little bit of melted butter, and a little bit of vegetable oil. Other alternatives: applesauce.)
2 1/4 cups of sugar (Or, 2 mashed ripe bananas plus 1 cup of sugar)
3 teaspoons of vanilla
3 cups of shredded zucchini (don't drain or squish the water out)
and some chocolate chips or blueberries or walnuts (Or in my case, all three.)
I doubled the recipe, which made 3 large loaves. Not doubling it would make two regular loaves.
Grease your pans and preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
Sift the dry ingredients. In another bowl, beat the eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar.
Add the wet to the dry, then stir in the zucchini and chocolate chips/blueberries/nuts.
Bake for 40-60 minutes
My favorite was the walnut loaf, but of course our kids would only eat the chocolate chip one. :)
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They look delicious! I'm going to try your recipe-I've never made it before!
ReplyDeleteI have a yummy zucchini recipe that is 100% whole wheat and used honey in place of sugar. I usually end up baking it in muffin tins because my kids are dying to eat it and can't wait an hour for it to bake as bread;)
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