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This recipe and guest post comes from Girl Gone Domestic ~ she’s a fabulous cook and can bake up the yummiest storm of goodies you ever did taste!!
Just how do I know? Well, she’s my sister-in-law, that’s how! Now check out this delicioius recipe, and go try it for yourself…
I make the same mistake every spring…I plant too many Zucchini/Summer squash plants. The recipes online are as overwhelming and diverse as squash itself.
If you ask my kids, the squash was tolerable in Pasta Primavera, almost gagging (this is their opinion, not mine) when sauteed with green beans in olive oil, and not too terrible in zucchini bread, but one recipe shines out above all others…for this, they beg.
My husband had been given a similar recipe long before we were married by some friends, but the whereabouts of it is unknown. Thanks be to the Google machine for landing me on this recipe (which I have adapted from a recipe posted on Baking Bites).
What You’ll Need:
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 cup evaporated cane juice crystals
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 medium zucchini, shredded (1 – 1 1/4 cups) (I used yellow crookneck squash)
- 1 cup chocolate chips
What You’ll Do:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Lightly grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan (I adore my mini loaf pan, it cuts the baking time in half, and they’re so cute).
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, coconut oil, milk and vanilla.
- Add to dry ingredients and stir until almost fully combined.
- Add in the zucchini and chocolate chips and stir until evenly distributed in the batter (batter should be fairly thick).
- Bake for 50-55 minutes (or less if making mini loaves), or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with only moist crumbs attached.
- Turn loaf out of pan and cool on a wire rack before slicing.
- Makes 1 loaf.
You can find Gena blogging over at Girl Gone Domestic, where you’ll get a glimpse into her world as she raises 6 adorable kids {yes, my sweet nephews & nieces}. You’ll also get a peek into her world as she homeschools, goes greener, and attempts a healthy lifestyle! And at times… it’s going to get a little wild!
More tasty recipes are on the way… so stay tuned!
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I can not wait to make this recipe…. sounds fab…..glad I stopped by, come visit, Dianne