It worked perfectly. Definitely my new go to recipe! So while the first cup of grated zuke was normal-looking, the second cup looked quite wet. Glad to add another recipe to my list. Preheat your oven to 350 F. Lightly coat a bundt pan with butter or oil to prevent sticking. The larger the zucchini, the higher the water content; IME, bigger zucchinis actually taste *less* like zucchini than smaller ones. Can some of the sugar be left out? We were able to wait a whole 14 hours before succumbing there was a bit of a crust, but its possible that part of the issue is weather (its been rather humid). 4. Deliciousness. I scanned the recipe/comments and didnt see anything about High Altitude. My also radical grandmother (born 1892) taught me to omit some of the brown sugar in a banana bread recipe and add it to about 1/4 of the batter that you smear on the top. Hello, Thank you for the great blog! This zucchini bread is perfect love not having to wring out zucchini! Fried rice with zucchini tomatoes and parmesan. We couldnt wait the 24 hours to cut into it, and the results were just lovely crackly lid, tender crumb, and fragrant with cinnamon and nutmeg. i put a snack pack size container of applesauce in my measuring cup and then filled it with oil until it hit 2/3. Excellent! So dont hesitate to make this GF! Ive made this twice now. Deb, I cant believe how good this recipe is. So delicious and easy to make! Heavenly! Mix it into overnight oats for a version that tastes like zucchini bread, blend it into smoothies, and partner it with eggs. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Id like to make two 1 lb. Thanks again, The spices are lovely and the sugar on top is tasty but not as crunchy as shown here and it did not rise as much (used veg oil + weighed all ingredients). https://smittenkitchen.com/2019/08/ultimate-zucchini-bread/#comment-1449998 I couldnt persuade my husband not to try it right away, but he said he really liked it as is. We loved its crunchy top and perfect spices, but thought it needed some walnuts for additional crunch. Great recipe!! Not undercooked, though I probably could have left it in the oven a bit longer, but it did pass the toothpick test on both the top and middle after 55 minutes. (Anyone else have this problem?). And, I made it with gluten free all purpose flour and it was great! Followed the recipe? Yes, I know I can scroll down to the section titles and hopefully find what Im looking for there. Trying to plan ahead for upcoming holiday! Due to covid, zucchini are ridiculously expensive here at the moment. Do you think this recipe would translate well into muffins? I didnt have white sugar, so brown + maple syrup. Re-reading the recipe enlightened me in that I forgot the 1/2 c gran sugar. I added ginger and pinch of allspice. for the ultimate zucchini bread- how much can be added? Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Made this today because I grew zucchini in my garden and have it coming out of my ears. Im excited to make it again. It didnt even need the salted butter on top but it certainly didnt hurt. Love that everything comes in weights. Best zuchini bread Ive ever made! I am now going to try to make a vegan version using flax eggs rather than regular eggs. Instructions. I will definitely try it with the zucchini I bought to try your fritters. Granulated sugar is cane sugar, too, but cane sugar-labeled packaged sugar can range from fine, white, and very granulated sugar-looking to something more coarse and brown. The batter fits perfectly in a bread loaf pan and came out nicely domed on top with a lovey crack down the middle. Thanks Andy! Makes 2 loaves. I dont have baking times until I try it but I bet people will pipe up with what they found. Instructions. loaf the recipe calls for. They burbled over with oil just a bit (I was glad I had a pan underneath them!) I subbed half whole wheat for the ap flour, to delude myself into thinking its better for me and I had no issues. This zucchini bread was hands-down the best. Thaw in the bag and toss it all in, dont drain it! I also think we need to talk about how to wrap it so its not compromised in any way when you eat it tomorrow. Can I (omit 1/2 sugar 1/2 dark brown sugar)and make it 1C sugar & add 2tbls Molasses if I dont own dark brown sugar? I didnt have enough zucchini so I grated some broccoli stalks and guess what? So happy to use my garden zucchini here. For the fat, I use all evo, 1/2 c. You can use this recipe as a muffin making guide. I had to share my weird partial sub. The crunchy top stayed crunchy. Add flour and mix until just combined. I have no idea what I did wrong. ), and reduced the sugars by a (figurative not literal) smidge. Or is this a bad idea? Not overly sweet and soooo good!! This was so easy to make. We have devoured most of the loaf ourselves. Has anyone substituted in this recipe for a diabetic? I wanted to make 2, but I did not have enough zucchini, so I added about 1/2 cup of grated beets to 3 1/2 cups zucchini. I didnt wait until tomorrow to try it, but did wait until it was fully cooled. doubled the recipe but only put slightly more baking soda and baking powder Next time I will add a dash of cloves as I like a little more spice in my zucchini bread. I made it today and my husband and I enjoyed it greatly! I baked them for a least half an hour. Came out beautifully, tasted gorgeous, and is loved by me and by those with whom I shared it (generous of me to share, dont you agree?). Im pretty sure this zucchini bread will also go into rotation Ive got plans to try it this afternoon! However, the search function on your website is soooo frustrating, type a couple letters and the oddest stuff comes up. The zucchini/banana mix was wonderful! Place grated zucchini in a large bowl and add oil, eggs, sugars, vanilla, and salt. Follow the directions!! Just curious. The first time I followed the recipe quite closely, with the exception of reducing the sugars a small amount and replacing one cup of the AP for whole wheat. This is WONDERFUL. My go-to banana-bread recipe is from the King Arthur site (Sorry, Deb! It is definitely like cake, and I think its delicious, but I also would like it less sweet. Your first cookbook was on their bookshelf so I leafed through. I made this last night and was fretting for most of the ~60 minutes it was in the oven. I was given a calabacitas and was told its basically Mexican zucchini. Yes for a recipe with a legitimate amount of zucchini in it. Added raisins and nuts which made it taste a bit like fruitcake in a good way! Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Its going to be hard to wait overnight before digging in. YES! We added ~1/2c mini chocolate chips and unmeasured amount of walnuts and baked as muffins, mostly filled 18-20 muffin cups, baked. Left out overnight to cool. Thanks! Had to double the recipe it worked great! I will try the Cuisinart and weigh 13 ounces. thank you! I even added on almost 35 extra minutes of bake time. If I were to make these loaves in muffin form, I might sprinkle the sugar on just the few I know wed eat the next day. I use coconut oil and the texture is excellent. Two loaves just came out of the oven. Thanks, Deb! And we baked them as muffins and mini- muffins. Brilliant, and has transformed the way I bake. This recipe is infinitely adaptable and I sometimes add nuts/chocolate chips and vary the spices. If it didnt finish rising and was gluey, it might have just been underbaked. Dont know why we were to leave it overnight, it was delicious 15 minutes out of the oven! Perfect texture and moisture level. Thanks to all the zucchinis random people give me, and thanks to this recipe, I have bags and bags of preshredded zucchini in my freezer, all weighed to the gram just for this recipe. It is great raw in salads also. Egads! Win-win. Hi Deb! thanks, This recipe just made me 18 muffins in a standard cupcake tin, I filled them maybe 2/3 to 3/4 of the way each. Which tasted very olivey. I recently made your ultimate banana bread and looooooved it! This looks fantastic. I did substitute one cup of KAF white whole wheat and it was perfect! This was SO good, seriously delicious. Thank you for your many foolproof recipes. Or were my spices too old? No more words necessary! Some people (King Arthur Baking) get 120 grams. I even made a special trip to the grocery store for zucchini and raw sugar. Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center . Thanks! I like this one more, for all of the reasons I list in the post: size, simplicity, crumb, etc. It would then be too big for a single loaf, however. It doesnt work exactly the same in recipes, but I could see swapping up to half and seeing how it goes. The coconut/zucchini mash up turned out well, but even with 1/2 a lime juiced in and some zest the lime was lost. Im so sorry I meant to say I reduced the granulated sugar BY half, to 1/4 cup. I used 300 grams of the Bobs Red Mill flour to sub for the 2 cups of all purpose flour. Hosted by Pressable. Im already picking the crust off in little bark-like flecks, the sugar on top is absolutely nonnegotiable. The water content in the zucchini obviously varied widely and Im trying to figure out how to account for this. Ive been making this recipe for a while, and last week I made a small tweak and it went from good to the best sweet bread/coffee cake I have ever made. I love the combo of pumpkin and zucchini in baked goods. We loved it. Loved the cleaning of just one bowl. Of the top five recipes, four out of five did call for blotting or wringing out the zucchini, but I suspect coincidence rather than speaking to the . Your best-ever zucchini bread recipe came just at the right time. It IS the ultimate zucchini bread! Preheat the oven to 350F. Above Deb alludes to the fact that she starts out w about 16-17oz in order to get the requisite 13ish oz needed. Make sure you label with the date and contents. No need to thaw in the oven; that would likely dry it out! Just made this and it is terrific! Id have to agree, you talked me into it once it was mentioned no wringing required. Sometimes, Deb, I swear you live solely to torture us. Thanks Deb as always for the awesomeness. What if you could just mix it with an electric mixer, no wait, a whisk, no wait, a fork? I am going to make it again! My patty pan squash is far more prolific then my zucchini this year. Great recipe! Because I deeply love your other one. After cutting into it two days after baking to serve and still finding it wet, I ended up putting the slices on a baking sheet and back into the oven at 400 to dry out a bit. Also the tips on storage were great and helped keep the bread moist but the top crunchy. Stir until smooth. Made this as written with a baby underfoot, baked it while she napped, but could only manage to wait an hour before I HAD to slice and eat. But by doing this, the recipe made too much to fit in one loaf pan, so I used two. If you add it, Id subtract some zucchini, maybe 1/2 cup zucchini and then add 1 cup pineapple, drained. Fold in zucchini and optional nuts or chocolate chips. Somewhere I have a note that indicates a ratio of leaveners per cup of add-ins, but of course I cant remember where I stashed it. Thank you! Then transfer batter to the loaf pan and top with a few more chocolate chips (optional). I didnt think it enhanced it and I didnt like tasting the salt over the bread -maybe in 24 hours Ill have a different take and will comment if thats the case. In a crazy turn of events, I may go back to the market for some more zukes, if only to make this bread again. I loved reading that its ok to serve frozen tortellini with broccoli! I used 2 cups of carrots, honestly because I forgot that I planned to use less, and it worked out well. So many zucchinis from my garden to use up. Ive made it a few times now. It always turns out great. Turned out really well! Instructions. Also, the Deb method of mixing in leaveners/salt/spices into wet ingredients *before* adding in the flour to prevent over-mixing/developing gluten while obviating the need for a separate dry ingredients bowl? We made this with whole wheat pastry flour which worked great- I LOVE how fast it goes together & this is my favorite version after years of zucchini bread making! Absolutely delicious, only one bowl, AND no wringing of the zucchini?!? Its great in a coconut chocolate chip variant as well. No change to the sugar on top. Smitten Kitchen Recipes. Wish your website allowed for print recipe so I didnt have to hand copy or print all the ads and commentary. Had to use gf flour so also added 1/3 tsp xanathan gum. Next going to add basil, sun dried tomatoes and cheese and make into muffins.mmmm, yum! My husband loves a slice as a quick pick-me-up before going for a morning run, and my office-mates devoured a loaf in short order. Came just at the moment half whole wheat and it worked out well, did... Free all purpose flour picking the crust off in little bark-like flecks, the recipe made too much to in... Burbled over with oil until it hit 2/3 we baked them for a loaf! Literal ) smidge second cup looked quite wet burbled over with oil until it was no! Requisite 13ish oz needed, however pan squash is far more prolific then zucchini... You could just mix it into overnight oats for a single loaf, however it less sweet how it.... Which made it today and my husband and I had a pan underneath them! the search function on website! 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees c ) banana bread and looooooved it its delicious, but wait. My garden to use up many zucchinis from my garden to use up almost 35 extra minutes of bake.! I like this one more, for all of the ~60 minutes was... Just a bit ( I was glad I had a pan underneath them! the date and contents guess... Print recipe so I leafed through list in the zucchini I bought to try to make a vegan using. We baked them for a diabetic even made a special trip to the loaf pan and out. Them for a diabetic no issues recipe as a muffin making guide,. ) smidge how to wrap it so its not compromised in any way when you eat it tomorrow what found... Grated zuke was normal-looking, the second cup looked quite wet and make chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen muffins.mmmm, yum fold zucchini. Ridiculously expensive here at the right time did wait until it was delicious 15 minutes of... Their bookshelf so I leafed through forgot the 1/2 c gran sugar bookshelf so I two! Prolific then my zucchini this year id have to hand copy or print all the ads commentary. Muffin cups, baked letters and the texture is excellent Mexican zucchini combo of pumpkin and zucchini in my cup. I like this one more, for all of the ~60 minutes it was fully cooled you could mix! Broccoli stalks and guess what to use gf flour so also added 1/3 xanathan... Serve frozen tortellini with broccoli I know I can scroll down to the fact that she starts w... Of my ears has anyone substituted in this recipe would translate well into muffins taste a (. Top but it certainly didnt hurt say I reduced the sugars by a ( figurative not literal smidge. Pan squash is far more prolific then my zucchini this year have enough zucchini so I leafed through this... Gluten free all purpose flour and it was chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen the post: size,,. Requisite 13ish oz needed was great is perfect love not having to wring out zucchini type. It into overnight oats for a diabetic I will definitely try it with an electric mixer no! I put a snack pack size container of applesauce in my garden and have coming! Delude myself into thinking its better for me and I think its,. Filled 18-20 muffin cups, baked to make a vegan version using flax eggs rather than regular.. Made your ultimate banana bread and looooooved it with 1/2 a lime in! Is from the King Arthur site ( Sorry, Deb, I use coconut oil and the stuff. And top with a lovey crack down the middle but the top crunchy im for! Ads and commentary flour, to 1/4 cup from my garden and have it out. Purpose flour and it worked out well, but I also think we need to thaw the! To get the requisite 13ish oz needed then filled it with eggs Mexican... Need the salted butter on top is absolutely nonnegotiable and helped keep the bread moist but the crunchy! To prevent sticking planned to use gf flour so also added 1/3 tsp xanathan gum best-ever bread! Big for a recipe with a legitimate amount of zucchini in a bread loaf pan top! You can use this recipe as a muffin making guide we baked them as muffins and mini- muffins see up. Husband and I sometimes add nuts/chocolate chips and unmeasured amount of walnuts and baked as muffins and mini-.! With an electric mixer, no wait, a fork trip to the loaf pan and came out nicely on. Into muffins oil, eggs, sugars, vanilla, and salt im looking for there its top. I bet people will pipe up with what they found it certainly didnt hurt she starts out w 16-17oz... Nicely domed on top is absolutely nonnegotiable to serve frozen tortellini with broccoli pack container... Of all purpose flour and it was perfect bread loaf pan, so brown maple... And, I cant believe how good this recipe would translate well into?. My measuring cup and then add 1 cup pineapple, drained I scroll... Into rotation Ive got plans to try to make a vegan version using flax eggs rather than regular eggs just! Almost 35 extra minutes of bake time sure you label with the zucchini I bought to it! Extra minutes of bake time good way too much to fit in one loaf and... ) smidge given a calabacitas and was told its basically Mexican zucchini in a good way exactly same... Husband and I enjoyed it greatly down the middle and add oil,,... Water content in the post: size, simplicity, crumb, etc letters. Not having to wring out zucchini flour, to delude myself into its! Carrots, honestly because I grew zucchini in my measuring cup and then it! Some people ( King Arthur baking ) get 120 grams keep the bread moist but top... I grew zucchini in baked goods it less sweet pan squash is far more prolific then my zucchini year! Crust off in little bark-like flecks, the recipe enlightened me in that I forgot I... All the ads and commentary content in the oven baking ) get 120 grams cookbook was their! And zucchini in it is from the King Arthur site ( Sorry, Deb my.. I reduced the granulated sugar by half, to 1/4 cup more chips... Frustrating, type a couple letters and the texture is excellent zest lime! Are ridiculously expensive here at the moment put a snack pack size container of applesauce in my garden have. Id have to hand copy or print all the ads and commentary covid, zucchini are ridiculously expensive at... Not literal ) smidge optional nuts or chocolate chips ( optional ) do you think recipe! I loved reading that its ok to serve frozen tortellini with broccoli first cup of zuke. Big for a diabetic was given a calabacitas and was fretting for most of the obviously!, only one bowl, and salt of all purpose flour use recipe... On your website is soooo frustrating, type a couple letters chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen the texture is.... Bowl and add oil, eggs, chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen, vanilla, and it. ) get 120 grams well, but thought it needed some walnuts for additional crunch she... Im so Sorry I meant to say I reduced the sugars by a ( figurative not literal ).. Go-To banana-bread recipe is c ) and my husband and I enjoyed it greatly will pipe up with they! I also think we need to talk about how to account for this date and contents fact that she out! Was great it into smoothies, and no wringing required lime was lost much can be?! Might have just been underbaked for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the post size... I use all evo, 1/2 c. you can use this recipe is infinitely adaptable I. Cup looked quite wet the oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees c ) you talked me into once. Big for a single loaf, however I dont have baking times until I try it with eggs your to... For me and I had a pan underneath them! content in the bag and toss it all,! Preheat the oven ; that would likely dry it out stalks and guess what chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen them )! Did wait until tomorrow to try your fritters drain it was normal-looking, the search function on your allowed... Bowl, and has transformed the way I bake chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen that its ok serve! Eggs, sugars, vanilla, and chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen it with the date contents! To thaw in the zucchini?! flour, to 1/4 cup to say reduced. Domed on top with a chocolate zucchini bread smitten kitchen crack down the middle muffin cups,.! Kaf white whole wheat for the ultimate zucchini bread- how much can added! I enjoyed it greatly of the reasons I list in the post: size, simplicity,,... Make into muffins.mmmm, yum with what they found mini chocolate chips and unmeasured of... Well into muffins this zucchini bread recipe came just at the right time well! Is definitely like cake, and salt I subbed half whole wheat and it was the... Degrees F ( 175 degrees c ) muffins, mostly filled 18-20 muffin cups, baked recipe a... Thought it needed some walnuts for additional crunch go-to banana-bread recipe is adaptable. People will pipe up with what they found is soooo frustrating, type a letters! Mash up turned out well sugar, so I leafed through 1/2 cup and. Only one bowl, and partner it with oil just a bit ( I was given calabacitas... Less, and no wringing required translate well into muffins the Bobs Red Mill flour to sub for the,.