Ingredients:
3 cups grated fresh zucchini
⅔ cup melted butter or margarine
1 ⅓ cup white cane sugar (½ cup brown cane sugar and ½ cup + ⅓ cup white cane sugar)
2 eggs, beaten
1 Tablespoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking soda
a pinch of salt
(4 Tablespoons water)
(2 Tablespoons flax meal)
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup whole wheat flour)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- (Mix the flaxseed meal and water and let sit for 3-5 minutes.)
- In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Mix in the grated zucchini and then the melted butter. If you have a giant zucchini, remove the seeds prior to grating.
- Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. (Stir in the flax/water mixture.)
- Add the flour, a third at a time.
- Sprinkle in the cinnamon and nutmeg and mix. (Fold in the nuts.)
- Divide the batter equally between two buttered 5 by 9 inch loaf pans.
- Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in to the center comes out clean. (Ours took 50 minutes.)
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to cool thoroughly.
- Coat each muffin cup in your muffin pan with a little butter or vegetable oil spray. Use a spoon to distribute the muffin dough equally among the cups, filling the cups up completely.
- Bake on the middle rack until muffins are golden brown, and the top of the muffins bounce back when you press on them, about 25 to 30 minutes. (Ours took 25 minutes.)
- Set on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from the tin let cool another 20 minutes.
For mini muffins:
- Same as above, except bake for 12 to 18 minutes. (Ours took 15 minutes.)
Jaymz ate his with confetti icing

Yum!! It's definitely Giant Zucchini time of year, isn't it? I have one I need to use, and my son has actually been requesting Zucchini Bread. I'd better make some tomorrow...this is a great recipe, and the addition of frosting sounds like a bit "wow" factor!
ReplyDeleteI meant to say a BIG "wow" factor, not a BIT "wow" factor. It's been a long day...
ReplyDeleteSounds delicious! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites!
ReplyDeleteHow did I wind up not obtaining any zucchini this year? I've been on holiday all this past week so I am very late in coming by to say thanks for linking at Vegetarian Foodie Fridays! But thank you and see you soon!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to huge zucchinis again this year!
ReplyDelete@Jennifer: Yay, that's very good news for me! =)
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