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Classic Zucchini Bread filled with pecans (and sometimes chocolate chips!) is a simple but delicious way to use up your summer zucchini crop.

Classic Zucchini Bread filled with pecans (and sometimes chocolate chips!) is a simple but delicious way to use up your summer zucchini crop. | Persnickety Plates

Persnickety Plates + Zucchini – A love story.

I love zucchini just about any way you can serve it – zucchini boat turkey tacos, roasted zucchini, chocolate drop cookies…this is getting long – just check out my zucchini tag here.

CLASSIC ZUCCHINI BREAD

I first shared this recipe on Mama Loves Food last year but I want it to live here too.

Classic Zucchini Bread filled with pecans (and sometimes chocolate chips!) is a simple but delicious way to use up your summer zucchini crop. | Persnickety Plates

I don’t think my zucchini crop is going to make it this year – it doesn’t look very promising. Luckily, my dad is also growing some and there’s always the farmer’s market/grocery store.

Classic Zucchini Bread filled with pecans (and sometimes chocolate chips!) is a simple but delicious way to use up your summer zucchini crop. | Persnickety Plates

I love baking with zucchini – it makes for a really moist bread (or muffin…) without adding any flavor. Plus, it’s a vegetable so it helps me justify eating way more than I should.

This recipe makes two loaves – plenty to share (or not). I added mini chocolate chips to one, in addition to the pecan chips, and left the other one “plain”.

Classic Zucchini Bread filled with pecans (and sometimes chocolate chips!) is a simple but delicious way to use up your summer zucchini crop. | Persnickety Plates

Things you may need to make this Zucchini Bread…
A box grater – doesn’t need to be fancy, just needs to get the job done
Loaf pans – this recipe makes two loaves, so you’ll need two
A whisk – you don’t even need a mixer for this recipe, but you do need a whisk, why not a pretty one?

Classic Zucchini Bread filled with pecans (and sometimes chocolate chips!) is a simple but delicious way to use up your summer zucchini crop. | www.persnicketyplates.com
5 from 1 vote

Zucchini Bread

Created by Melissa Williams | Persnickety Plates
Servings: 2 loaves
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 2 cups grated zucchini this was two smallish zucchinis for me
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 ½ cups flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup pecan chips
  • ½ cup mini chocolate chips optional

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease and lightly flour two loaf pans. Set aside.
  • Grate your zucchini and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, add the eggs and beat with a whisk.
  • Slowly whisk in the sugar then the oil.
  • In another large bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Whisk together.
  • Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir together. It will be thick.
  • Pour in the grated zucchini, vanilla, and pecan chips. Stir together.
  • Pour half of the batter into one of prepared loaf pans.
  • If desired, add mini chocolate chips to the remaining batter then pour into other loaf pan.
  • Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Let cool slightly then run a knife around the edges of the pan and flip the loaves out. Slice & enjoy!
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2 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I have always loved zucchini bread and my in-laws gave me a ton of large zucchini. This recipe is great. I swapped out a cup of AP flour for a cup of whole wheat and I used coconut oil. Fantastically soft. The extra moisture from the zucchini helped balance the dryness of the whole wheat flour. I will be making a couple more batches.

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