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Yellow Squash Zucchini Bread

Zucchini bread made with yellow summer squash, olive oil, applesauce, whole grain flour, and warm spices. It's simple yet moist and tender. A smear of butter if you want to go the extra mile but delicious all on it's own.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Baking, Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine American
Servings 2 loaves
Calories 147 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup no-sugar added apple sauce
  • 1 lemon zested, about 2 tsp
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3 cups shredded yellow or green zucchini, about 2-3 medium size zucchini- Do not squeeze out liquid see notes below for using other vegetables
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups white wheat flour
  • 2 tsp cinnamon, plus more for dusting on top use other spices like, nutmeg, ginger, all spice, and cardamom... see notes below
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • nuts optional- see notes below

Instructions
 

Preheat oven to 350°F and coat two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.

  • In a medium size bowl combine flours, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl add eggs, sugar, oil, apple sauce, lemon zest and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Fold in Zucchini until incorporated. Add the flour mixture and gently mix until the batter starts to come together. If using baking chips or nuts, add those in at this time and fold until combined. Be careful not to overmix.
  • Pour batter evenly in prepared loaf pans, smooth out the top, and sprinkle on a little extra cinnamon.
  • Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Let the loaves cool in the pans for 5-10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire cooling rack to cool another 20-30 minutes before cutting into.

Notes

Substitute other veggies for zucchini- 
  • Eggplant
  • Patty pan
  • Carrots
  • Cucumbers
  • Pumpkin
 
Spices- To add additional spices to the recipe swap out 1 tsp of cinnamon for a 1/4 tsp each of ground ginger, nutmeg, all-spice, and cardamom, equaling 1 tsp. Or add whatever spices you love. 
 
Nuts and seeds- Add 1 cup of finely chopped
  • Walnuts
  • Pecans
  • Almonds
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Pistachios. 
 
Baking chips- Add 1 cup of
  • Mini chocolate chips
  • Dark chocolate chips
  • Butterscotch chips
  • White chocolate chips
 
Freezing Zucchini Bread- Make sure loaves are completely cooled before freezing. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and foil, then place in a sealed Ziploc bag. Zucchini bread lasts 3-4 months in freezer and 3 days at room temperature. 
 
Each loaf will lend about 10 slices. Nutritional facts include 1 slice.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only and should be understood as an estimate rather than a guarantee. The Menu Maid makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information.
Keyword Apple sauce, Bread, Eggs, lemon, Olive oil, Spices, Sugar, Zucchini