Savtahâ€™s Zucchini Bread

melindastrauss.com · 2018

Against 243 zucchini bread recipes

More fat than 97% of recipes and more sugar than 92%.

How it compares

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

More fat than 97% of recipes: 102% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%, about twice as much.
More sugar than 92% of recipes: 138% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 96%.
Less salt than 86% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, about half as much.
Spice in the middle half of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.

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

2 cups coconut sugar (original recipe calls for white sugar)≈ 440 g
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil≈ 327 g
3 eggs≈ 150 g
1 tsp lemon zest≈ 2 g
1/2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
2 cups grated zucchini≈ 248 g
2 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (original recipes calls for 3 cups white flour)≈ 320 g
2 tsp cinnamon≈ 5 g
2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
1/2 tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
1/2 tsp kosher salt≈ 2 g
1/4 tsp nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
1/4 tsp ginger≈ 0.7 g
8 ounce can crushed pineapple (can also use 1/2 cup fresh pineapple, smashed)227 g

flour 320 gbatter 1737 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.