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 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.