The BEST Zucchini Walnut Bread

This zucchini walnut bread works great as a gifting idea. Whether it's the holiday season or a "welcome to our neighborhood" gift, this zucchini walnut bread and the chocolate chip version perfectly fits the occasion.

Prep Time30

Cook Time40

Cooling Time15

Total Time1 25

Method: Baking

Course: Breads

Servings: 10 Slices (o) 2 mini loaves (or) one 8x4 inch loaf

Ingredients

PART 1:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt

PART 2:

⅓ cup buttermilk
½ cup brown sugar
¾ cup white sugar
½ cup avocado oil
½ cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

PART 3:

1 cup zucchini shredded

ADD-ONS:

½ cup walnuts chopped
¼ cup walnuts to top it

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Line the loaf pan/pans with parchment paper and lightly grease it with non-stick cooking spray. I used 2 mini decorative paper loaf pans.
In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
In a medium bowl mix together the ingredients listed under Part 2. Make sure that there are no brown sugar clumps. Use a whisk to dissolve everything thoroughly.
Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well.
Now stir in the zucchini and ½ cup of walnuts.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan(s) and sprinkle the remaining walnuts on top.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Mine was done in about 38 minutes. Depending on the pan size you are using the baking time will vary.
Remove the pan(s) from the oven and place it on a cooling rack to cool completely before slicing it.

Notes

Quick bread slice well if cut after a couple of hours of cooling. I usually bake it the previous day and leave it overnight and slice it the next day to get neat pieces.
For the chocolate chip version of this zucchini bread, I used ½ cup of brown sugar and ½ cup of white sugar and ¾ cup of chocolate chips. I used ¼ cup less sugar than the zucchini walnut bread anticipating the sugar in the chocolate chips but interestingly the zucchini walnut bread tasted sweeter than the chocolate chip version.
I got these cute little Christmas themed paper bread pans from Michael's and used 2 of each for the walnut and chocolate chip zucchini loaves of bread. So 4 mini loaves in total. I don't know the measurement of these pans. But this recipe should be perfect for a single 8x4 inch loaf pan.

Taste & Texture

The zucchini walnut bread rose perfectly especially for an eggless bread. As always I left the bread to cool overnight and sliced it the next day and was able to get perfect slices.

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