Ultimate Zucchini Bread

smittenkitchen.com · Servings: 8 to 10

Against 243 zucchini bread recipes

More zucchini than 83% of recipes and more salt than 88%.

How it compares

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

More zucchini than 83% of recipes: 142% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 88%.
More salt than 88% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Less egg than 80% of recipes: 39% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 44%.
Less leavening than 81% of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%.

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

2 cups (13 ounces or 370 grams) grated, packed zucchini, not wrung out, grated on the large holes of a box grater370 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
2/3 cup (160 ml) of a neutral oil (I use safflower), olive oil, or melted unsalted butter≈ 145 g
1/2 cup (95 grams) packed dark brown sugar95 g
1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar100 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1 teaspoon fine sea or table salt≈ 6 g
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 3.3 g
1/8 teaspoon ground or freshly grated nutmeg≈ 0.3 g
3/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 4.5 g
1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour260 g
2 tablespoons (25 grams) raw or turbinado sugar25 g

flour 260 gbatter 1116 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.