Zucchini Bread

Looking for a new treat to spice up your life .

Today we're making the best zucchini bread ever full of flavor .

Perfectly sweet and so quick too .

Hey , you're watching a preppy kitchen or I John , can I teach you how to make delicious homemade dishes to share with your family and friends .

This zucchini bread is going to change your life .

So let's get started .

First off , we're gonna toast those nuts , 1.5 cups of toasted walnuts , all those toast nuts .

When they go to a baked good .

It makes a huge difference by the buy .

If you do not like nuts .

Yes , you could totally use chocolate chips instead or in addition to it's a really forgiving recipe .

So don't be afraid to experiment .

OK .

Give them a rough chop .

Don't go crazy because you know you'll be cutting the bread into slices that help further chop the walnuts .

So it's uh really just to break them up a bit .

OK .

Scoop those up , set them aside .

Now it's time for the signature element .

The zucchini we're gonna use about two medium zucchinis .

We want to end up with two cups .

OK .

Let's go .

I'm doing this with my right hand , even though I'm left handed .

Where's my award ?

Be careful of those fingers .

This is dangerous if you have any extra zucchini left over after this recipe .

Save it .

Add it to an omelet .

It'll be delicious with some cheese .

OK .

One down .

Just a rough measure one .

I cups two cups and then this , I'm gonna leave for my omelet tomorrow morning .

Let's wrap it up right now .

We're gonna sift out and whisk up the dry ingredients starting with two cups or 240 g of all purpose flour .

And you go , I'm using a scale .

It's so much easier than measuring cups because it gives you an exact number every single time .

Now , one teaspoon of salt and you go , you can go a little bit under if you want .

And I want to warn you do not use like super fine salt in this because basically that will be like an extra 50% salt .

The smaller the crystal size , the more salt you can pack into a volume .

Word to the wise quarter teaspoon of all spice .

I love all spice .

Totally optional though .

You can add your favorite spices .

A little nutmeg little cardamom , whatever you enjoy .

Cloves , mace , the rolled oyster , one teaspoon of cinnamon , one teaspoon of baking soda for leavening and then a teaspoon of baking powder also for leavening .

Now we're gonna sit it out , think our scale for its service and just whisk it up super easy .

If you don't have a scale , if you don't have a sifter , you could just add this right into one bowl .

You could make this as a one bowl recipe for the wet ingredients .

We're starting off with two large room temperature eggs .

If they're cold , it's , it's gonna be OK .

One , two eggs to that egg .

I will be adding one cup or 200 g of brown sugar and then half a cup of regular old white sugar granulated .

Let's give this a nice whisk before we go on .

I'm gonna be in a really nice whisk and you could totally do this with an electric mixer if you wanted to .

Um I just want to get that sugar kind of dissolved and really mixed up with the egg .

OK ?

Half a cup or 100 and 20 ml of apple sauce .

This will give you a little bit of extra sweetness and a lot of moisture without having to use as much vegetable oil in .

You go now half a cup of vegetable oil .

This is the fat that's gonna make it really kind of nice and delicious .

I just won't use too much because I do not like greasy cake .

Not my favorite .

Our last wet ingredient is one tablespoon of a nice vanilla .

You do not have to use vanilla if you don't want to , you could scale it down a bit , but it adds a really nice depth of flavor .

OK .

Now we can whisk it up and move on to the next step .

Whisk whisk , whisk whisk it up .

So all that oil is incorporated nicely and that's it .

Now it's time to combine all of our ingredients together .

Pour this into that pan and get this into the oven .

It's so quick and easy .

OK .

This is ready to come together now .

So I have my dry , my wet and my mixture of zucchini and walnuts .

Let's pour the wet into the dry .

Wow .

Get it all out there .

Oh my gosh .

The vanilla made such a big difference .

I've been hard at work recipe developing this zucchini bread to match Brian's expectations .

He loves it , but it has to be as good or better than the amazing zucchini bread his mom makes , OK , give us a whisk doesn't have to be completely combined , almost combined as good because we're gonna add the rest of the ingredients in .

Well , OK .

Now you can see totally tons of flour left over in there .

We're gonna dump in our zucchini and walnuts and just fold the rest in .

Remember , this is more of a cake than a bread .

Even though it's called bread , you don't want to develop the gluten too much if you over mix batters .

What happens is that protein , the gluten develops and after the bake it'll contract back and become kind of dense and also a little bit tougher .

So be gentle with them .

That's why we're not mixing this until it's incorporated .

It was almost incorporated .

Ok .

It smells so good , by the way .

Oh my gosh .

Just using my spatula folding that mixture in and scrape the bottom down .

That's where all that extra flour was living .

This batter is ready .

We're gonna pour this into a prepared loaf pan which is nine by five inches .

Usually I like to line mine with parching paper but you could just grease it up with either butter or vegetable oil or whatever you like even baking spray .

All right .

Pour that batter in there .

So funny because the loaf pen doesn't seem that big , but it can really hold a lot .

This is ready to go into the oven 3 50 for about an hour .

You can use a skewer to test the center .

It should come out clean .

You could also like press lightly should spring back in you go .

This zucchini bread got the seal of approval .

We took a few bites off camera and it is a delicious treat .

It is so moist and perfect .

It melts in your mouth .

But all that crunch from the walnuts is amazing .

If you like this recipe .

Check out my banana bread .

It is amazing .

Also .

Very similar but with bananas .

All right .

That is a good , good bread .

Mm I really hope you get a chance to make this recipe .

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