Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Recipe by Michelle Harris

Course: Healthy Snack

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 6

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 60 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Description

Paleo, GF, DF

This super moist and rich double chocolate zucchini bread tastes like dessert but is secretly healthy, Paleo, free of refined sugar, grain free, gluten free and dairy free. It’s kid approved and great for snacks and even breakfast!

We had an abundance of Zucchini this year so what better way to use it!

Ingredients

2 large eggs room temp
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup organic coconut oil*melted and cooled to almost room temp
1/4 cup smooth almond butterunsalted
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
6 Tbsp raw cacao powderor unsweetened cocoa
1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
2-3 small medium zucchini peeled if desired and finely shredded (1 and 3/4 -2 cups gently packed, water squeezed out between paper towels)
½ cup metagenics collagen Protein powder
1/2 cup cacao nibs

Directions

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line a medium loaf pan with baking paper
In a medium bowl, combine the almond flour, cacao or cocoa powder, baking soda and salt; set aside
in a large bowl, whisk or blend together the coconut oil, almond butter, coconut sugar, eggs and vanilla until well combined and smooth.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet until just moistened (batter should be quite thick) then fold in the shredded zucchini, then the chocolate chunks.
Transfer batter to the parchment lined loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted near the centre comes out clean, 50-60 minutes.
Cool the loaf on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes, then gently remove the loaf by holding both sides of the parchment paper and continue to cool completely on the wire rack before slicing. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Enjoy!

Notes

Tip: To make this nut free

Sub the almond butter, almond flour for ¾ cup tiger nut flour and ¼ cup coconut flour. I love the texture of it this way too!