PS Best Vegan Zucchini Bread
Chef: Shane Martin, Shane and Simple
Makes: 1 loaf, 10 slices
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 50 min
Total Time: 1 hr 5 min
INGREDIENTS
Dry Ingredients
1 1 /2 c organic unbleached flour, shole wheat pastry flour, whole wheat flour, or white whole wheat flour
½ t baking soda
½ t baking powder
¼ t salt
1 t cinnamon
¼ t nutmeg
Wet Ingredients
¾ c unsweetened applesauce
½ c brown sugar, packed
¼ c maple syrup
1 flax egg, 1 T ground flax seed + 3 T water (mix and let stand 5 min)
1 t vanilla
1 c zucchini, grated (I medium sized zucchini
DIRECTIONS
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients together until everything is thoroughly combined.
Next, in a separate mixing bowl, mix all wet ingredients until everything is well combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently mix until everything is “just” combined. DO NOT OVERMIX!
Pour your batter into a loaf pan and bake for 45-50 min. Use a nonstick loaf pan, silicone loaf pan, or line a loaf pan with parchment paper. Baking time will depend on your appliance so be sure and pay attention to your zucchini bread. The bread is done when you can insert a toothpick or knife into the center and it comes out mostly clean, with no raw or runny batter.
Remove the zucchini bread from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10-15 min. Then, remove the bread from the loaf pan and let it sit on a wire rack until it has completely cooled. If you do not have a wire rack, just use a cutting board.
Cover and store your leftovers for 3-4 days at room temperature.
In January of 2013, two weeks before his 40th birthday, Shane was topping the scales at 300 lbs., dealing with Type 2 diabetes, had a fatty liver, high blood pressure, and his cholesterol was over 400! Depressed, sick, and at the end of his rope, a friend recommended he watch the documentary Forks Over Knives. The next day he went all-in on a plant-based diet and in 3 months dropped 55 lbs., was no longer diabetic, his blood pressure was normal, and his cholesterol dropped over 200 points. To date, Shane has lost over 100 lbs. and is super passionate about helping people when it comes to cooking, eating, and health. Shane likes to tell people, "If this Mississippi-meat-cheese-and-mayonaisse-eating-boy can do it, ANYONE can!" Shane shares healthy vegan recipes that are practical, affordable, that anyone can make and love! Visit Shane’s amazing site at Shane and Simple, Facebook, Pinterest & Instagram.
