Lion House Chocolate Zucchini Bread Food

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Butter and flour 2 loaf pans.
• Whisk the flour with the cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves in a medium size bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in a medium bowl with a mixer on med high until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
• While you're mixing, drizzle in the oil, then the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir the vanilla into the buttermilk.
• Mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour.
• (Like this--flour, buttermilk, flour, buttermilk, flour) Scrape the sides of the bowl when needed.
• Fold in the zucchini and chocolate.
• Divide batter into the 2 pans.
• Bake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• (be careful, the tester may look chocolatey from the chocolate in the bread--don't overbake) Cool in pans on rack before removing and slicing.

CHOCOLATE-ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-4-by-3-inch loaf pan and dust with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Continue to mix and drizzle in the oil and beat until incorporated. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. Fold the zucchini and chocolate into the batter and pour into the prepared pan. Center the zucchini slice, lengthwise, on top of the batter.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.

LION HOUSE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare two 8x4-inch loaf pans by greasing and flouring or by lining with parchment paper.
• Melt unsweetened chocolate and set aside.
• Wash and grate zucchini; set aside.
• Measure flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and cinnamon into a bowl; stir and set aside.
• Place eggs in mixing bowl and beat.
• Add the sugars, oil, melted chocolate, and vanilla; beat until creamy.
• Add the zucchini and stir together. Mix in dry ingredients until incorporated. Add the chocolate chips and mix inches.
• Pour into pans and bake for 45-50.