Simple Zucchini Bread

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 / one 8 1 / 2" x 4 1 / 2" loaf

Against 243 zucchini bread recipes

Less leavening than 95% of recipes and more salt than 96%.

How it compares

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

Less leavening than 95% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%.
More salt than 96% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, about twice as much.
More zucchini than 84% of recipes: 143% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 88%.
Less sugar than 78% of recipes: 76% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 96%.

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

3/4 cup (159g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, packed159 g
2 tablespoons (28g) apple juice, orange juice, milk, water, or the liquid of your choice; or 2 tablespoons (43g) [product-link]boiled cider[/product-link]28 g
1/2 cup (99g) vegetable oil99 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 4.2 g
1/4 teaspoon baking powder≈ 1.2 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, optional≈ 3.9 g
1 3/4 cups (210g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour210 g
2 cups (242 to 300g) grated or shredded zucchini, somewhere between firmly and lightly packed300 g
3/4 cup (85g) chopped walnuts, toasted until golden85 g
3/4 cup (128g) raisins or currants, golden raisins preferred128 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

2 tablespoons (28g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, for sprinkling on top, optional28 g

flour 210 gbatter 1127 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.