Description
This healthy zucchini bread recipe bakes up light and fluffy for a delicious treat. Warming spices of cinnamon and cloves wrap you up in cozy flavors and make this the ultimate healthy comfort food baked into two loaves.
Ingredients
Scale
3 cups shredded zucchini
2 cups white whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp allspice
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray two 9×5 loaf pans, and set aside.
- Shred or grate zucchini and place on a towel to absorb excess liquid. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, allspice. Lightly mix and set aside.
- Squeeze the excess liquid from the shredded zucchini using a towel. Place zucchini in a separate large mixing bowl. Then, combine eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, applesauce, olive oil, and vanilla extract with the zucchini, and stir to combine.
- Starting with 1/3 of the mixture, add the zucchini mixture to the bowl of dry ingredients, and gently mix. Repeat again twice more with another 1/3 of the zucchini mixture, mixing gently each time.
- Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared 9×5 loaf pans.
- Bake at 350F for 50-55 minutes, until toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
- Cool in pans at least 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Cool before serving.
Notes
This recipe makes two loaves.
Equipment needed: two 9×5 loaf pans
