vegan zucchini bread

By Jessica Swartz March 21, 2023 20 mins read 94 Views

Zucchini is one of my favourite vegetables, and it's currently in season! This spiced zucchini bread is delicious and a great alternative to the banana variety.

Zucchini can be used in so many ways. You can make a cream sauce with it, like my carbonara recipe. A life-changing pasta, spaghetti alla nerano, can be made using fried zucchini. In my latest issue, I have a recipe for vegan spaghetti alla nerano. Also, I have another zucchini recipe that uses zoodles to make light and refreshing cacio-e pepe.

Zucchini can be used in so many ways. You can make a cream sauce with it, like my carbonara recipe. A life-changing pasta is spaghetti alla nerano. The sauce is made with fried zucchini. This recipe is vegan and was included in my EAT it by hot for food. Another zucchini recipe uses zoodles to make light, refreshing cacio e pépe.

This zucchini bread is a great combination of cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg. I also love the addition buttery pecans. This loaf is moistened with zucchini, but it's a clever way of getting in more vegetables!

Of course, you could substitute pecans with chocolate chips! You can also make a banana bread loaf using this recipe. Are you looking for more ways to use zucchini You can make a zucchini pistachio cookie. You can also make savory zucchini and corn fritters.

vegan zucchini bread

Course Breakfast and Brunch

Cuisine American

Keyword baking, banana bread, zucchini

Prep time 20 minutes

Cook Time 55 Minutes

Servings Slices

Author Lauren Toyota

Ingredients

1 pecans, toasted, and roughly chopped
1 tbsp golden flax meal
3 tbsp water
2 1/2 C shredded zucchini (about 2 medium to large zucchini)
1 3/4 C all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp cardamom
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 C packed light brown sugar
1/2 C granulated cane sugar
1/3 C melted refined coconut oil
2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F.
Toast the pecans on the stovetop in a saucepan over low heat, or in the oven on parchment paper for 5-10 minutes until they are fragrant and toasted. Set aside the chopped pecans.
Mix the ground flax with water. Stir to combine. Allow the mixture to thicken before you start making the rest of your recipe.
Slice zucchini and combine with a large bowl.
Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl. Add salt, cardamom cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix the pecans with the dry ingredients. Set this aside.
Add brown sugar, granulated Sugar, vanilla and thickened flax to the bowl with the zucchini. Stir well until the mixture becomes liquidy.
Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients. Stir to combine thoroughly so that no dry ingredients remain.
Place in a loaf pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the bread loaf cool on a wire rack for fifteen minutes in the pan. Lift the parchment paper sides to take the loaf out. Let the loaf cool on a wire rack for another 15 minutes before cutting and serving. Keep the loaf covered but not closed at room temperature.

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