Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

This is my favorite zucchini bread recipe - not too sweet with a touch of chocolate. It's almost cake-like with its moistness, so I recommend serving it with ice cream. It also freezes well. Surprisingly, this is a low-fat recipe and it's still mighty tasty!

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 3 Tbl oil

• 2 large eggs

• 1 cup applesauce

• 1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini

• 2 cups flour

• 2 Tbl unsweetened cocoa

• 1 1/4 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

*Preheat oven to 350 (325 for dark pans)

1. Beat sugar, oil & eggs on low until blended. Stir in applesauce, then zucchini.

2. In a separate bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon & salt. Stir in chocolate chips.

3. Fold flour mixture into sugar mixture in 3 increments.

4. Grease loaf pan and spoon batter into pan.

5. Bake for 1 hour.