Gayle’s Zucchini Bread

Picture of three large and 6 small zucchini loafs. — Various zucchini loaves full and half sized. The different textures is because I mixed some by hand and some with the stand mixer. They taste the same, but look a bit smoother. Photo by PattyCooks.

Diet
[x] Flexitarian + Omnivore
[x] Vegetarian + Pescatarian
[x] Vegan: use egg replacement
[x] Gluten free: use GF all purpose flour
[x] Weight Maintenance: limit to 1 portion
[O] Keto
[x] Mediterranean
[O] Lectin Avoidance: grain, wheat
[x] Oxalate Avoidance
[x] Purine Avoidance
[x] Food Allergies EGGS, GLUTEN

Gayle’s Zucchini Bread

A tasty zucchini loaf, great with butter after toasting.

Dry Ingredients

1½ C AP flour (Use gluten or gluten free 1+1 AP flour)
1 T psyllium seed husk
1 t slightly heaping cinnamon
1 t freshly ground nutmeg
½ t kosher salt
½ t baking soda
¼ t baking powder

Wet Ingredients

2 t lemon zest
1/3 C sugar
1 C grated unpeeled zucchini
¼ C oil
2 large eggs
1/4 second Olive oil spray (for baking pans)

Mise en Place

Oven to 350F.
First wash your hands, lemons and zucchini.
Gather all the measuring cups and spoons and setup all the spices and seasonings.
Zest a lemon, and using the same planer grind the nutmeg. Then oil spray a loaf pan.

Dry Ingredients into Bowl

In one bowl add the dry ingredients: (do not add sugar to dry ingredients), flour, psyllium seed husk, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and baking powder.

Wet Ingredients into Bowl

In another bowl, add the sugar (in most cases sugar is always added to the wet bowl),and wet ingredients: eggs (and mix until frothy) and then add grated zucchini, lemon zest, oil, and eggs. Spend time with the wet ingredients so they are fully mixed and more liquid than chunky.

Bake

Add wet to dry and mix well.
Then with a rubber spatula scrape dough into the oil sprayed loaf pan. Cook for 1 hour and let cool on a rack before cutting. (Depending upon the ingredients and conditions the “dough” may be liquidy or thick, do not worry both types will work.)

This is great toasted with a cup of tea in the morning. The smell of cinnamon and nutmeg fills the house with warmth. If you can have butter on it, all the better.

This is such a messy cooking process, that making 1 or 4 results in the same mess. So I always make at least 4.

The loafs freeze well. I have had them in the freezer up to a year and have had no problems. Also great as gifts once you are sure it tastes the way you want.

Naming: This bread is named after Gayle, a woman in NY who I send a loaf to every December for the holidays. Over the years, the holidays are not the same if I do not make this bread and have her sister hand deliver it for breakfast.

Source: This is a modification of an older Betty Crocker recipe I have been using and changing for years. The original recipe had 1+ cup of sugar but these days that is just too sweet for me. It also called for chopped walnuts but I do not like nuts in my bread so do not include them.

Gayle’s Zucchini Bread