Ingredients

• 1 cup walnuts

• 2 cups sugar

• 1 cup vegetable oil

• 4 eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 2 teaspoons baking soda

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 3 teaspoons cinnamon

• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder

• 1 cup chocolate chips

• 3 ½ cup flour

• 3 cups shredded zucchini

Steps

1. Spread 1 cup of walnuts onto a small tray

2. Toast the walnuts in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes and remove when fragrant

3. Roughly chop the toasted walnuts into small pieces

4. Use a food processor grater attachment or the large holes of a box grater to grate 3 cups worth of zucchini

5. To a mixer bowl, add 2 cups sugar, 1 cup vegetable oil, and 4 eggs

6. Affix the paddle attachment to the mixer and beat to cream the sugar, oil and eggs all together until combined

7. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 2 teaspoons of baking soda, 1 teaspoon of salt, 3 teaspoons of cinnamon, 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 1 cup of the chopped toasted walnuts, and 1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips

8. Turn the mixer on and mix until everything is combined

9. Add 3 ½ cups flour to the batter and mix once more until the flour is just incorporated

10. Add 3 cups of shredded zucchini and mix again

11. Scrape down the sides of the mixer bowl as needed to ensure everything gets combined and mix one last time

12. Pour out the zucchini bread batter into a 9 by 13 inch greased baking dish

13. Bake the zucchini bread in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 to 50 minutes 

14. Remove the bread from the oven when a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out dry

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