Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Serves: 1 9x5” loaf

Ingredients
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup nonfat buttermilk
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup tabletop stevia
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 cups (about 1 lb) unpeeled zucchini, shredded
  • 1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple in its own juice
  • ½ cup chopped pistachios
  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Spray a 9 x 5” loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  4. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add vanilla, buttermilk and vegetable oil and blend. Add stevia and sugar and blend well. Stir in pineapple, nuts and chocolate chips and mix well.
  5. Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  6. Remove pan from oven and cool for at least 25 minutes. When bread is completely cool, remove from pan and slice to serve.