Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

By srumbel

Zucchini, coconut, and mini chocolate chips make this sweet bread disappear before your very eyes.
from insidebrucrewlife.com

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
• 1 cup coconut (optional)
• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1-2 Tablespoons water

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Whisk together.
Add the buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla and stir until combined.
Squeeze some of the water out of the zucchini. Stir the zucchini, coconut, and mini chocolate chips by hand into the batter
Spray a 9x5 bread pan with non stick spray. Sprinkle the pan with 2 teaspoons of sugar. Pour the batter in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 65-75 minutes. (mine baked the full 75) A toothpick should come out mostly clean when pushed in the middle. Let cool.
Stir together the powdered sugar and water. Spread on the top of the bread. Let set. Cut into 10 slices. Keep covered.