Chocolate-Chip Zucchini Bread

Zucchini isn't always a favorite food, especially for children, but this recipe may just change some minds in your family. Because zucchini doesn't have much flavor, what you taste in this bread is chocolate and more chocolate. The zucchini adds moisture, texture, and a little vegetable to the bread and if you have an abundance from your garden, or a neighbor's garden, this recipe helps to use it up in a delicious way. Blessings...

Recipe:

3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
2 cups shredded peeled zucchini (about 2 medium)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1-1/2 cups unbleached flour
1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. apple pie spice or ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. baking powder

1. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Stir in zucchini.
2. Combine dry ingredients in another bowl; add to zucchini mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Grease and flour two 8 x 4-inch loaf pans; add batter and bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 - 60 minutes or until bread tests done with a toothpick. Remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.

Yield: 2 loaves, 12 slices per loaf
Calories per slice: 258
Fiber per slice: 2 grams