Lemon Yogurt Zucchini Bread

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2024 · 1 loaf, 10 slices

Against 243 zucchini bread recipes

More zucchini than 95% of recipes and less sugar than 91%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 243 zucchini bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

More zucchini than 95% of recipes: 178% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 88%, about twice as much.
Less sugar than 91% of recipes: 59% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 96%.
Less fat than 92% of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%, about half as much.
No spice at all, where 68% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 2.1% of the flour weight).

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

5 tablespoons (71 grams) unsalted butter71 g
1 pound (453 grams) zucchini, (washed with ends trimmed (2-3 medium zucchini))453 g
3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated sugar, (divided)150 g
2 cups (254 grams) all-purpose flour254 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 3 g
1/3 cup (95 grams) plain Greek yogurt*95 g
2 large eggs, (at room temperature)≈ 100 g
2 tablespoons lemon zest, (from about 3 large lemons)≈ 12 g
3 tablespoons lemon juice≈ 44 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 254 gbatter 1197 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 243 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: zucchini, sugar, fat, egg, spice, leavening, salt.