Zucchini Bread

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 12 servings
  • Total: 2 hr 20 min
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Inactive: 1 hr
  • Cook: 1 hr
Whole-wheat pastry flour creates whole grain goodness. Apple butter creates extra moistness and natural sweetness. Surprisingly, only 1/3 cup of heart-friendly oil is used in this bread recipe that's heavy on zucchini ... and tastiness.
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Ingredients

Nonstick cooking spray, for coating loaf pan

1/3 cup walnuts

1 large zucchini

1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 tablespoons no-sugar-added apple butter

1 1/4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 large eggs

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously coat a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Spread the walnuts out on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until lightly golden, about 7 minutes. Cool and roughly chop. Coarsely grate the zucchini into a bowl and squeeze out the excess liquid; you should have about 1 1/2 cups zucchini. Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the sugar, oil, apple butter, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed in a large bowl. Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed until just combined, and then on medium speed for 30 seconds. Stir in the zucchini and nuts until evenly combined. Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove the bread from the pan and completely cool. Cut into 12 slices and serve at room temperature.

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Abby Anderson

I’m 16 an have only been baking for about a year and I found this recipe very easy and delicious plus it made my whole house smell delightful the only problem I had was the actual baking, I had to leave it in the oven for an extra 20 minutes but otherwise this was great.

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