Another Zucchini Bread Recipe

This is another zucchini bread recipe I recently made. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com.
I like to read the reviews on recipes before I make them, and this one had good reviews. It calls for a cup of oil and some reviewers said that was too much and substituted 1/2 cup of the oil for applesauce. So that is what I tried as well. It still tasted good but I thought it was a little dry. The kids loved it though. I didn't add the walnuts to this recipe, mainly because I didn't have any. I did add chocolate chips though! Maybe that's why the kids liked it so much!

Zucchini Bread

3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil or 1/2 cup vegetable oil and 1/2 cup applesauce
2 cups sugar
2 cups shredded zucchini
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans.

In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and frothy. Mix in oil and sugar. Stir in zucchini and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nuts or chocolate chips. Stir into the egg mixture. Divide batter into prepared pans.

Bake 60 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

This was a tasty treat the girls and I made for my mom for her birthday. This recipe came from a Betty Crocker email I got. When I bake, I like to do it a little more "homemade" then this recipe, however, when I saw this recipe I knew it would be tasty and easy to make with the girls.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

1 box (1 lb 2.4oz) Betty Crocker Original Supreme Premium brownie mix
Water, vegetable oil, and egg called for on brownie mix box
1 pouch ( 1 lb 1.5oz) Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
1 container Betty Crocker Rich and Creamy chocolate frosting, if desired.

Heat oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees for dark or nonstick pan.) Spray bottom only of 13x9 inch pan with cooking spray. Make brownie mix as directed on box. Spread in pan.

Make cookie mix as directed on pouch, using butter and 1 egg. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls evenly onto brownie batter. Press down lightly.

Bake 42-47 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool on cooling rack 30 minutes. Frost with frosting.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

This is one of my favorite muffin recipes. It isn't a very healthy muffin so I don't make it often, but it sure is good! It could be put into a loaf pan as well. I got this recipe from my sister in law. It makes a lot of muffins so you could easily half the recipe. Or you could freeze some of the muffins to enjoy later! I did not use as much chocolate chips as the recipe calls for. I used one standard size 12 oz bag of chocolate chips, the original recipe called for 24 oz of chocolate chips. Last time I made this recipe, I got 44 regular sized muffins out if it.

4 1/2 cups flour
3 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
6 eggs
3 cups sugar
2 (15 oz) cans pumpkin
1 3/4 cups oil
1 bag of chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in a bowl and set aside. In another large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, pumpkin, and oil with an electric mixer. Add the dry ingredients and mix until moistened. Mix in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into greased muffin pans or use cupcake holders. Could also make mini muffins or bread. Bake approx 25 minutes for regular sized muffins, 12-15 minutes for mini muffins or 50-60 minutes for loaf pans. Ready when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pans to completely cool.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

The girls and I tried out a new recipe today to use up some zucchini. I got this recipe from a co-worker. She said it tasted like chocolate cake. She wasn't kidding either! This was so good! The girls couldn't get enough of it! I left the nuts out of the recipe. Mainly to save on calories and fat since I added chocolate chips. Next time I think I'm going to make muffins or mini muffins with this recipe. Then I can freeze the muffins and take them out as needed.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread:

3 beaten eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
3 cups shredded zucchini
3 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 heaping TBSP cocoa
chocolate chips (optional)
walnuts (optional)

Mix sugar, eggs, and oil. Add zucchini and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add to first mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts, if using. Pour into 2 large or 4 small bread pans, greased and floured. Bake 50-60 minutes for large pans and 30-35 minutes for small pans.