Description
This healthy wholesome zucchini bread is tender and full of flavor. Made with whole wheat pastry flour and coconut sugar with a touch of orange and rosemary, packing a whole pound of zucchini in one loaf!
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 1 lb zucchini, grated (3 1/2 cups zucchini, about 2 medium-sized zuchini)
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour- or try whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 - 1 1/4 cups sugar- or try coconut sugar (see note on sugar)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- optional: 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, chopped
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup avocado oil (or olive oil)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup pecans, toasted ( or sub walnuts)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment or oil.
- Grate the zucchini set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, rosemary, and orange zest.
- In a medium bowl, whisk orange juice (squeezed from the orange you zested), oil, eggs, and vanilla.
- Gently squeeze out excess moisture from the zucchini. This works well in a dish towel or just press in a colander.
- Mix zucchini together with the egg mixture. Add to dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Add nuts, leaving them whole if desired, they will get chopped up as you slice the finished loaf.
- Pour batter into your pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes until done. The middle should read 200 degrees on a thermometer.
Notes
Sugar. One cup of coconut sugar is not very sweet. Add more sugar if desired! Coconut sugar is less sweet than cane sugar. Use the same amount of cane sugar for a sweeter bread or add more coconut sugar.
Freezes well! Let cool completely, seal completely in plastic wrap. Keeps “fresh” in freezer at least up to 3 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 324
- Sugar: 20.4 g
- Sodium: 300.5 mg
- Fat: 16.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 40.6 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 37.2 mg