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Deanna Taylor: Zucchini bread

Zucchini... bread? Zucchini? And bread? Am I hearing you right? Zucchini bread...?

It's best to allow the bread to cool completely before slicing, but hard to resist doing so! Store for up to 10 days in refrigerator, although I have frozen my loaves and they keep fine.

Ingredients:

⅔ cup organic butter (or preferred animal-free shortening if vegan)
2⅔ cups brown sugar, packed
4 eggs (or equivalent egg substitute)
3 cups shredded zucchini (sometimes I use more, but it does add more water the more you use)
3⅓ cups wholewheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
1½ tsp salt
½ tsp aluminium-free baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves dissolved in 2 tsp vanilla

Method

Heat oven to 180C/350F. Grease bottoms only of either two loaf pans (9in x 5in x 3in) or three loaf pans (8½in x 4½in x 2½in).

Mix the butter and sugar in large bowl. Add the eggs and zucchini. Blend in the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and clove/vanilla mixture. Pour into pans.

Bake until a wooden pick inserted into the centre of the bread comes out clean, about 60-70 minutes (depending on the amount of zucchini you put in).

Cool slightly. Loosen the sides of the loaves from the pans and remove. Allow to cool before slicing.