Healthy choc. zuchinni bread

Jo Hayes Summersill

¾ cup sugar

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 large eggs

1 cup applesauce

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon salt

1 ½ cups finely shredded zucchini (about 1 medium) $

½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

Cooking spray

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Place first 3 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at low speed until well blended. Stir in applesauce.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and the next 4 ingredients (through salt), stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating just until moist. Stir in the zucchini and chocolate chips. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack, and remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

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