Best Sourdough Zucchini Bread

Emilie Raffa · theclevercarrot.com · 2020 · 1 loaf

Against 243 zucchini bread recipes

Less salt than 86% of recipes.

How it compares

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

Less salt than 86% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, about half as much.
Egg in the middle half of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 44%.

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

2 cups (220 g) grated zucchini, from appx. 1 medium zucchini220 g
125 g banana weighed with the skin on (about 1 small banana)125 g
225 g (1 1/4 cups lightly packed) light or dark brown sugar225 g
1½ tsp pure vanilla extract≈ 6 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
100 g (appx. 1/2 cup) sourdough discard OR bubbly, active sourdough starter100 g
250g (2 cups) all-purpose flour250 g
1 tsp cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
1/8 tsp nutmeg≈ 0.3 g
1½ tsp baking soda≈ 9 g
1/4 tsp fine sea salt≈ 1.5 g
125 ml (½ cup) neutral flavored oil like sunflower (mild olive oil works, too)≈ 115 g
60 ml (1/4 cup) milk or unsweetened almond milk≈ 62 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 250 gbatter 1217 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.