zucchini bread

By tisch3240

Ingredients

• 2 serving(s) butter-flavour cooking spray
• 2 cup(s) whole wheat flour
• 2/3 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp table salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
• 3 item(s) egg white(s)
• 1 large egg(s)
• 1 cup(s) sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup(s) canola oil
• 2/3 cup(s) unsweetened applesauce
• 2 cup(s) zucchini, peeled, grated, and drained*
• 1/2 cup(s) chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup(s) raisins, finely chopped

Details

Adapted from weightwatchers.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat two 8- X 4-inch loaf pans with cooking spray; set aside.

In a large bowl, sift together whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon; set aside.

Using an electric mixer, in a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites until frothy. Add egg, sugar, vanilla extract, oil and applesauce, and beat until thoroughly combined; beat in zucchini.

Add sifted ingredients to egg mixture and mix well; fold in nuts and raisins. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake in middle of oven until a toothpick inserted in center of bread comes out clean, about 50 to 60 minutes. Slice each bread into 10 pieces and serve warm or at room temperature. Yields 1 slice per serving.
Notes
* You’ll need about 1 1/2 medium zucchinis (about 3/4 lb) to yield 2 cups shredded zucchini.

This zucchini bread is delicious as is or toasted and spread with reduced-fat cream cheese (could affect PointsPlus values). For a different twist, swap the raisins for dried cranberries and the walnuts for pecans.

This bread freezes well. Wrap tightly in aluminum foil and then place in a sealable freezer bag.

We renovated Zucchini Bread from 9 PointsPlus values to 3 PointsPlus values by:

Cutting back on the oil and sugar and replacing some of each with applesauce for its moisture and sweetness.

Replacing most of the white flour with much more nutritious whole-wheat flour (and adding more baking powder to help maintain a proper result).

Replacing some eggs with egg whites.

Cutting back on the quantity of nuts and raisins used but chopping them up to help sprinkle them throughout.


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