secretly healthy honey dark chocolate zucchini bread__________________________________Lightened up sweet zucchini bread made with plenty of honey and a good helping of dark chocolate to quell those midday cravings.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1 1/2 cups grated zucchini (about 2 medium zucchini)
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 or 8 x 4 inch bread pan.
- Finely grate the zucchini. Gently squeeze any excess water with a clean tea towel or paper towel. I did not go overboard with draining the shreds - a good blot seemed to do well for the texture of the bread.
- With a hand or stand mixer, beat coconut oil, apple sauce, honey, vanilla, and eggs until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and allspice. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and whip until just combined. Fold in grated zucchini and dark chocolate chips until fairly evenly distributed.
- Pour batter into prepared bread pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean. Let cool 5 minutes in the pan, then flip onto a wire cooling rack to cool an additional 15-20 minutes. If needed, run a bread knife around the edge of the pan to loosen any stuck parts. Serve warm with butter and extra honey, as desired.