ZUCCHINI BREAD

lemon poppyseed

GOOD FOOD  |  GOOD FEELINGS

Blogger Lindsay Ostrom wearing yellow face mask, yellow and white striped shirt with studio kitchen in the background.

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Mixing some brown sugar with the  shredded zucchini to help some of the water come out.

Taking handfuls of shredded zucchini from a white bowl and adding them to a strainer sitting on top of another mixing bowl.

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Hand adding more shredded zucchini to strainer sitting on bowl.

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Get straining and then put a bowl of water on top for some added pressure.

Hand places bowl of water on top of shredded zucchini in a strainer over a bowl.

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Let it drip for a bit!

Hand adjusting bowl of water on top of shredded zucchini in a strainer over a bowl.

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Start with brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and lemon zest.

Brown sugar, vanilla, egg and lemon zest in the bottom of a mixing bowl.

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We've experimented with reducing the sugar but it really ruins the pitch perfect texture. So go for it!

Mixing up wet ingredients in mixing bowl.

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It's an olive oil cake so next up...olive oil!

Adding olive oil from measuring cup into the other wet ingredients in the mixing bowl.

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Texture already beautiful and we're only at the batter stage!

Fork moving through velvety smooth wet ingredients fully mixed in mixing bowl.

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Dry ingredients including our cutie  best flavor friends, poppyseeds.

Dumping dry ingredients into mixed wet ingredients.

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Just mixing with a fork, like normal.

MIxing dry ingredients into wet ingredients with a fork in a mixing bowl.

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Look at all the water we got out.  Good job, us!

Shredded zucchini in a strainer on top of a bowl with strained brown sugar-water on the bottom.

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Just gently fold in the zucchini. 

Folding shredded zucchini into batter with a fork.

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Line your pan with parchment and get ready for all the great baking smells!

Pouring batter from blue bowl into a parchment-lined loaf pan.

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Don't faceplant into that...yet. It's hot.

MItted hand pulling loaf pan of baked zucchini bread out of oven.

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Thank you, parchment! Let her cool for just a bit.

Lindsay pulls finished loaf out of the baking tin by holding the parchment. Sets on another pan to cool.

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Ugh, just listen to that top crunch upon cutting!

Slicing into finished loaf of zucchini bread on parchment and pan on marble countertop.

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Hand slicing another piece from loaf of zucchini bread on piece of parchement and a pan on a marble countertop.

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