Better Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

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

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups grated zucchini, or more to taste
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two (8x4-inch) loaf pans.
2 Whisk flour, flax seeds, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl until well combined; set aside.
3 Beat white sugar, eggs, oil, applesauce, brown sugar, and vanilla together in a separate large bowl until blended; stir in flour mixture until batter is well mixed. Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips until incorporated; divide batter between the prepared loaf pans.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into centers comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before transferring loaves to a wire rack to cool completely.