Caribbean Zucchini Bread

Description

My grandmother came up with this recipe to use up some larger than life zucchini that came from her garden. This is an easy way to use up those leftover bananas too!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ cups grated zucchini
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • ½ cup shredded coconut

Instructions

  1. Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 9×5-inch loaf pans.
  2. Whisk the all-purpose flour
  3. whole wheat flour
  4. salt
  5. baking soda
  6. baking powder
  7. cinnamon
  8. and nutmeg together in a bowl. Beat the bananas
  9. eggs
  10. vegetable oil
  11. applesauce
  12. brown sugar
  13. white sugar
  14. and vanilla together in a separate large bowl. Stir the flour mixture into the wet mixture. Fold the zucchini
  15. walnuts
  16. and coconut into the batter until evenly combined. Pour into the prepared pans.
  17. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  18. 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 25 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Servings: 24

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