Ingredients
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3 cups flour
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2 cups sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon salt
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3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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3 eggs
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1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
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1/2 cup canola oil
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1 tablespoon orange peel, grated
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2 teaspoons vanilla
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2 cups zucchini, shredded (wash and clean or cut off any bad marks, but leave on peel)
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1 cup walnuts, chopped
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1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Prepare two 8x4x2 inch loaf pans by spraying with non-stick spray or greasing with butter or shortening.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
- In another bowl, beat the eggs, applesauce, oil, orange peel and vanilla.
- Stir wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until moistened (do not over mix or it will cause a very dense bread).
- Gently fold in the zucchini, nuts and chocolate chips.
- Transfer batter evenly into the two prepared bread loaf pans.
- Bake at 350F for 55-60 minutes or until a pick comes out clean from the center.
- Cool for 10-15 minutes before inverting bread onto wire rack to cool completely.
- Do not attempt to slice until bread is completely cool.