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Chocolate Carrot Zucchini Bread

Jan 25, 2008
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A little help for those who need to get veggies in kiddo diets.

2 1/2 c. flour
1/3 c. cocoa
1/2 c. wheat germ
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 beaten eggs
3/4 c. each brown sugar (well-packed) and oil
1 c. each sugar, shredded carrots, shredded zucchini
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla (I didn't have any but you should put it in)

Grease two 8"x4"x2" loaf pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Sift cocoa. Add flour, wheat germ, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Sift until mixed together.

In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs. Add oil, sugars and vanilla and make sure they're well-blended.

Add the wet to the dry ingredients and add the grated veggies. Mix together gently until moistened which isn't easy to do as it's a very thick batter.

Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (no batter).

Notes: this is based on some recipe I found on the internet and I've since lost the source. I have several other carrot-zucchini bread recipes because I was trying to replicate the version sold at Trader Joe's in California. This version seems to have come the closest in terms of texture. Of course...I added the wheat germ and cocoa as well as eliminated the walnuts so it tastes a bit different from the TJ's version. There's no reason not to add the nuts, though. I would think that if you have kids with nut aversion that ground nuts would work.

The nice part about this is that my kids eat it like it's their last meal. That's after they helped me make it! The trick is that I made it once and brought it with us to church. They had it afterwards when they were good and hungry and not paying attention to the green and orange confetti in their food. We established it was good stuff first and only then did I let them help make it. Hehe.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the original recipe I had called for only 1/2 c. each of oil and brown sugar but it wasn't moist enough for me so I increased. Also, it works in a square pan (8x8), but needs to bake a little bit longer.