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Healthier Chocolate Zucchini Bread

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling YIELD: 2 loaves (12 pieces each).
With some basic changes, we were able to keep all the flavor of this chocolate zucchini bread recipe from Jennifer Sickels of Greenfield, Indiana, while greatly reducing the sugar. We hope you'll enjoy this healthier chocolate zucchini bread as much as we did! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 1-1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 cups shredded peeled zucchini

Directions

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, eggs, applesauce, oil and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flours, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and baking powder; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in zucchini. Transfer to two 8x4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray.
  • 2. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 137 calories, 4g fat (0 saturated fat), 26mg cholesterol, 165mg sodium, 23g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.

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