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A Slightly Healthier Chocolate Zucchini Bread (Egg Free)

There are many fruits, vegetables and foods whose existence I discovered only after I started blogging and following other food blogs, as they were not available in India. In the past 5 or 6 years, many of these have started losing their mysteriousness as they have become regulars on the store shelv
Course breads
Cuisine American
Servings 1 piece

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3 tbsps cocoa unsweetened powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg grated
  • 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup packed zucchini , grated
  • 1/2 cup apple grated
  • 1/2 cup yogurt thick plain
  • 1 cup sugar granulated (or brown )
  • 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Put the flour, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk the oil, yogurt, sugar and vanilla extract together. Pour this into the dry ingredients and using a wooden spoon, mix everything together very well. Now add the grated zucchini, apple and walnuts and fold this in till well blended.
  • Scrape this thick batter into a well greased and floured loaf tin and bake at 180C for about 1 1/2 hours, till a skewer inserted in the loaf comes out clean.
  • Cool the bread in the pan for about 20 minutes and then loosen and cool on a rack. Slice only when completely cool. If not serving immediately, refrigerate.