Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread

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Clear the kitchen because this superbread will have you bakin' up a storm. Using zucchini as a nutritional base, this delicious loaf is sugar-free, packed with delicious goodness such as applesauce, flax + hemp seeds for superfood power! 

INGREDIENTS

 

  • 2 ½ cups shredded zucchini (about 2 medium)

  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce

  • ½ cup olive oil

  • ¾ cup fat-free egg product or 3 eggs

  • 2 tsp vanilla

  • 1/2 cup organic sugar

  • 3 cups almond flour

  • 3 tsp ground cinnamon

  • Sprinkle ground flax/hemp seeds

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1 tsp salt

  • ¼ tsp baking powder

  • ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

 

DIRECTIONS

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottoms only of 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans with cooking spray.

In large bowl, mix zucchini, applesauce, oil, egg product, vanilla and sugar until well blended. Stir in all remaining ingredients except walnuts until well blended. Stir in walnuts. Spoon batter evenly into pans.

Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove.