RECIPE: Zucchini Bread

A delicious option for leftover zucchini...

Ingredients:

    1 ½ cup whole wheat pastry flour

    ½ teaspoon salt

    ½  teaspoon baking soda

    ½ teaspoon baking powder

    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

    ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

    1 egg

    1/3 cup expeller pressed canola oil

    1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce

    2 tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt

    ¾ cup sugar or honey

    2 teaspoons vanilla extract

    1 cup grated zucchini

    1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325°F.  Grease 8-inch loaf pan and set aside.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, oil, applesauce, yogurt, sugaror honey and vanilla. Add flour mixture and stir until well combined. Fold in zucchini and optional walnuts then transfer batter to prepared pan and bake until risen, deep golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

Cool in pan on rack for 30 minutes then remove bread from pan and continue cooling on rack.