How To Make Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
Take a flavorful bite of this soft zucchini bread made with sour cream and applesauce and studded with chocolate chips. Perfect summer treat!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1¾cupsall purpose flour,scoop and level to measure
- ½tspbaking powder
- ½tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- 1½tspground cinnamon
- ¼tspground nutmeg
- 1cupgranulated sugar
- ⅓cupvegetable oil
- ⅓cupunsweetened applesauce
- ⅓cupsour cream
- 2large eggs
- 1½tspvanilla extract
- 1cupzucchini,shredded, grate on large holes of box grater with lighter pressure to prevent thick shreds
- ⅔cupsemi sweet chocolate chips,optional
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8×4-inch loaf pan and line with a sheet of parchment paper leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Butter parchment as well. (Alternately, butter pan and lightly dust with flour and shake out excess).
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg for 20 seconds. Set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer blend together sugar, vegetable oil, applesauce, sour cream, eggs, and vanilla until well blended.
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Add dry ingredients then mix at low speed just until combined. Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips, reserving 1 tablespoon chocolate chips for sprinkling over top of the loaf.
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Pour into the prepared loaf pan, sprinkle reserved chocolate chips over top.
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Bake in the preheated oven for about 55 to 65 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Tent loaf with foil at about 45 minutes to prevent excessive browning on top.
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Cool in the loaf pan for about 3 minutes then run a sharp knife around the edges of the loaf to insure it’s loose then remove the loaf. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into slices once cool.
Nutrition
- Calories: 316.19kcal
- Fat: 13.68g
- Saturated Fat: 3.79g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.30g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.75g
- Carbohydrates: 46.13g
- Fiber: 1.70g
- Sugar: 27.73g
- Protein: 4.34g
- Cholesterol: 41.19mg
- Sodium: 218.32mg
- Calcium: 44.60mg
- Potassium: 131.74mg
- Iron: 1.70mg
- Vitamin A: 30.88µg
- Vitamin C: 4.03mg
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