Better Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Take traditional zucchini bread and add healthy flax seed, cinnamon, and applesauce to create this recipe for "better" chocolate chip zucchini bread.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 289 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 cups grated zucchini, or more to taste
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 0.5 cup brown sugar
• 0.5 cup applesauce
• 0.5 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 0.5 cup ground flax seed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two (8x4-inch) loaf pans.

Step 2

Whisk together flour, flax seed, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl until well combined; set aside.

Step 3

Beat together white sugar, eggs, oil, applesauce, brown sugar, and vanilla in another large bowl until blended. Stir in flour mixture until batter is well mixed. Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips until incorporated; pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing loaves to a wire rack to cool completely.