Whole Wheat Zucchini Herb Bread-Bread Machine

Barb Gertz's Note:

This is a very good whole wheat zucchini yeast bread. The zucchini blends right into the dough, providing half of the moisture and subtle flavor. The bread is so light that a 1 1/2 pound loaf recipe will be the same size as a 2 pound loaf. We love this bread. Enjoy.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf br ...

• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 cup zucchini, shredded
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 1/2 teaspoon rosemary or 1 teaspoon fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon sesame seed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons dry yeast

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to bread pan in order given.
2. This recipe was created using the Whole wheat setting.

Reviews

[JulesAndEvy]

Great bread. However, I'm trying to go to 100% whole wheat for health, but this is tough where my wife doesn't like dense bread. So, here was my alternation and it worked out great for us:

(1) I used ww bread flour (same amount).
(2) I used white ww instead of regular ww (same amount).
(3) I doubled the water and oil.
(4) I added more herb.

Turned out slightly spongy like a sweet zucchini bread - but very healthy. Thanks for posting this!

[COMOCOOK]

This bread was amazing! I used fresh basil from my garden, mixed it in the bread machine and then took it out and baked it in the oven. It was moist and had a great flavor and texture, one of the best loaves I've ever made.

[Druid Queen]

This was a really good recipe. I did it the first time with the basil and rosemary, and for some stupid reason squeezed out the liquid from the zucchini. I don't know why, I guess it was because I had been used to every recipe calling for squeezed out zucchini. It didn't rise as much, but tasted good. Then the second time I made it was with cinnamon and nutmeg. It was good, not sweet or something. We put honey and butter on it and it tasted pretty durn good. :)