Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Hello Everyone!
As promised here is a delicious chocolate zucchini recipe that I got out of ‘The Looneyspoons Collection’ cookbook! I did make a few tweaks to lower the amount of sugar and increase the fibre and I think I made it even better!
Ingredients
1 Cup All purpose flour
1 1/2 Cup Whole wheat flour
1/2 Cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Organic sugar
3 Eggs
1 1/2 Cup Unsweetened apple sauce
1/3 Cup Coconut oil
2 tsp Vanilla
1/4 Cup Milled/ground flax seed
2 Cups Zucchini packed & grated
1/2 Cup Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Scoop Protein powder (optional)
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray muffin pans with pam and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, protien and flax. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, applesauce, vegetable oil and vanilla. Stir in zucchini. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in chocolate chips.
4. Pour batter in to muffin pans and bake for approximately 50 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then remove from pan and cool on wire rack before serving.
And there you have it! Delicious and nutritious zucchini muffins. Give them a try and see what you think.
Stay Healthy!
Andrea
PS I'm doing most of my blogging now on our new website www.compassfitnesskingston.com check it out :)
As promised here is a delicious chocolate zucchini recipe that I got out of ‘The Looneyspoons Collection’ cookbook! I did make a few tweaks to lower the amount of sugar and increase the fibre and I think I made it even better!
Ingredients
1 Cup All purpose flour
1 1/2 Cup Whole wheat flour
1/2 Cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Organic sugar
3 Eggs
1 1/2 Cup Unsweetened apple sauce
1/3 Cup Coconut oil
2 tsp Vanilla
1/4 Cup Milled/ground flax seed
2 Cups Zucchini packed & grated
1/2 Cup Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Scoop Protein powder (optional)
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray muffin pans with pam and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, protien and flax. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, applesauce, vegetable oil and vanilla. Stir in zucchini. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in chocolate chips.
4. Pour batter in to muffin pans and bake for approximately 50 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then remove from pan and cool on wire rack before serving.
And there you have it! Delicious and nutritious zucchini muffins. Give them a try and see what you think.
Stay Healthy!
Andrea
PS I'm doing most of my blogging now on our new website www.compassfitnesskingston.com check it out :)
