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You’d Never Guess This Zucchini Bread is Gluten-Free and Vegan

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at BU chapter.

Just because a food is made gluten-free and vegan doesn’t mean it’s necessarily healthier than its conventional form. However, that’s not the case with this zucchini bread. Not only will you disguise the flavor of 2 whole zucchinis, you’re getting a ton of vitamins and minerals from the other ingredients that make this moist and decadent loaf.

This zucchini bread is vegan, meaning plant-based ingredients substitute the animal products used in conventional baking. Made with wholesome grains and sweetened with coconut sugar and unsweetened applesauce, this is going to be your new favorite way to use summer’s abundant produce.

Zucchini Bread

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 10 minutesCook time: 40 minutesTotal time: 50 minutesServings:1 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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    Preheat oven to 375°F. Make the flax egg by combining ground flax seeds with hot water. Let sit while preparing other ingredients.

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    Stir together coconut sugar, unsweetened applesauce, coconut oil, and the flax egg in a medium bowl.

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    Measure out all dry ingredients in a separate bow. Stir together until evenly mixed, then add dry ingredients into wet in the medium bowl.

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    Fold the two mixtures together until a dough is formed.

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    Grate zucchinis.

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    Fold in grated zucchini to dough, making sure to evenly distribute.

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    Grease and flour a standard loaf pan. Add dough and (optionally) sprinkle the top with chopped nuts.

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    Bake for 40 minutes, remove from loaf pan to let cool and serve.

Fruit and vegetable enthusiast, stråla yoga guide, aspiring holistic healer. functionofwell.com