Not Your Mom's Zucchini Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 egg white
• 1 cup zucchini, shredded
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional) or chocolate chips (optional)

FOR THE CRUMB MIXTURE

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons of chilled butter

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350.

2. 2

   Spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with veggie cooking spray.

3. 3

   To prepare crumb mixture, in a small bowl, combine sugar and cocoa. Cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Reserve 2 tablespoons.

4. 4

   In a large bowl combine flour, flax seed, baking powder and baking soda.

5. 5

   In a medium bowl combine buttermilk, sugar, applesauce, butter, egg and egg white.

6. 6

   Mix well.

7. 7

   Add egg mixture to flour mixture stirring until just combined.

8. 8

   Stir in zucchini, walnuts or chocolate chips.

9. 9

   Pour half the batter into a prepared pan.

10. 10

    Sprinkle crumb mixture over batter.

11. 11

    Pour remaining batter over the top.

12. 12

    Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.

13. 13

    Bake until a toothpick comes out clean from center of the loaf, about 55 minutes.