Grandma's Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 cups cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoons baking powder
• 1.75 cups white sugar
• 0.5 cups unsalted butter , softened
• 0.5 cups vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 largees e
• 1 , 12 ounce
• 2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini
• 1 cup chopped walnuts , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two loaf pans.

2. 2

   Combine flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and baking powder in a medium bowl and mix together. Set aside.

3. 3

   Cream sugar, butter, oil, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, until mixed. Mix dry ingredients slowly into wet ingredients on medium speed until well combined. Fold in chocolate chips, zucchini, and walnuts with a silicone spatula. Pour batter equally into the prepared loaf pans.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in each loaf comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.