Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

from twopeasandtheirpod.com
Snack
70 min
301 kcal / serving

This ultra-moist zucchini bread is dotted with chocolate chips, making it the perfect loaf of zucchini bread! You will love the chocolate addition! 

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoonsbaking powder
  • ½ teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoonsground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoonnutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoonground ginger
  • ½ teaspoonkosher salt
  • ¾ cuppacked brown sugar
  • 2 largeeggs, (at room temperature)
  • ½ cupunsalted butter, (melted and slightly cooled)
  • 2 cupsshredded zucchini
  • 1 ½ teaspoonspure vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cupschocolate chips, (divided )
  • 1 tablespoonturbinado sugar, (for sprinkling on bread)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

  2. 2

    In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt. Set aside.

  3. 3

    In a large bowl, stir together the brown sugar, eggs, and melted butter until smooth. Add the shredded zucchini and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.

  4. 4

    Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined, don’t over mix. Gently fold in 1 cup of the chocolate chips.

  5. 5

    Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle turbinado sugar over the top. Top with the remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean, about 50 to 65 minutes.

  6. 6

    Remove the bread from the oven and let sit in pan for 10 minutes. Loosen with a bread knife around the edges and carefully remove the bread from the pan. Cool completely on a cooling rack before slicing.