This bread is rich and chocolatey, but not too sweet. If you prefer a sweeter bread, add more sweetener.
This bread is MUCH better the second day. My tip is to bake this the last evening of your phase 2, so it will be taste extra good for your phase 3 breakfast!
I like it without the glaze and a bit of my Coconut Cashew Butter drizzled on top! YUM!
Note: I have not used other flours in this bread. The photos above are shown using sprouted wheat. I cannot attest to how other flours will work if you substitute them.
Chocolate Bread
Phase 3
1/2 c olive
oil
1T water
1 tsp
vinegar (any kind except white)
3/4 c
xylitol (or stevia equivalent)
2 whole eggs
1 c peeled
and pureed zucchini or yellow squash
2 tsp
alcohol free vanilla extract
2 c sprouted
wheat flour
¾ c
Hershey’s regular cocoa or raw cacao
½ tsp
xanthan gum
2 tsp baking
powder
1 tsp baking
soda
1 tsp sea
salt
GLAZE:
¼ c coconut
oil
2T Hershey’s
regular cocoa or raw cacao
¼ c xylitol
¼ teaspoon
vanilla extract
Pinch salt
Preheat oven
to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl, mix olive oil, water and sweeter until the
sweetener is dissolved. Add eggs, vinegar, and zucchini, vanilla; mix well. Set
aside. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda,
xanthan gum and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Do not use beaters
or blender. If the batter is too thick, stir in more water, a little at a time. You want the batter to be like a very thick pancake batter.
Spoon into greased 8in x 4in loaf pan. Place in oven and
turn heat to 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center
comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack. Cool
completely.
For glaze, heat coconut oil in pan over medium heat. Add
sweetener and stir until dissolved. Add cocoa, vanilla and salt. Whisk until
combined. Drizzle over cooled bread.
Servings: 16 standard grain servings, each one has ¼ serving
healthy fat
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what do you mean by pureed zucchini? Cooked and then pureed? Or shredded, so it's kind of mushy?
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's cooked first.
DeleteIt's simply pureeing zucchini. Cut it in chunks, place it in a blender, puree. Easy peasy
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