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Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

October 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This past weekend was the fall open house and potluck at our CSA farm, Potomac Vegetable Farms. We stopped by Crooked Run Orchard for apple and pumpkin* picking first. It was such a gorgeous, warm fall day to be out in the orchards. When we arrived at PVF, we had missed the hayride but set to work breaking apart garlic cloves to be planted for next spring. The potluck was full of wonderful, nutritious food and the kids had quite a spectacular hay-fight in the wagon.

For the potluck, I brought mini muffins because they’re easy finger foods, always popular, and guarantee there will be something the toddler will eat. I had been meaning to try a chocolate zucchini bread recipe, and came across this one. I modified it slightly to incorporate my local, organic buckwheat flour. (Adding fiber to compensate for the sugar!)

Recipe: Whole-Grain Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Adapted from The Barefoot Kitchen Witch

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 c unbleached flour
  • 1 c buckwheat flour (or whole wheat)
  • 1/2 c turbinado sugar
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1/2 t baking soda
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 3/4 c milk
  • 1/2 c oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 t vanilla
  • 1 oz grated unsweetened fair-trade chocolate
  • 1 c shredded zucchini

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350*. Lightly oil muffin tin. Combine dry ingredients and wet ingredients in separate bowls, then gradually pour dry into wet and stir until smooth. Pour into muffin tin and bake for 12-15 minutes for mini muffins (18-22 for regular size muffins). Makes 36 mini muffins. Enjoy!

*Crooked Run uses integrated pest management (IPM) techniques which means their apples are minimally-sprayed, better than conventional but not organic. Their non-tree crops are “eco-ganic.

Tags: baked goods · Know Your Food · recipes

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Tiffany // Oct 16, 2008 at 7:33 am

    Sounds like a wonderful day and a great recipe too.

  • 2 Jill // Oct 17, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Your recipe is definitely healthier than the one I have for chocolate zucchini bread. I’ll have to try it!

  • 3 foodietots
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    // Oct 17, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    @ Tiffany – thanks, it was a lot of fun.

    @ Jill – Let me know what you think. I actually screwed up the amount of oil at first, and had to re-adjust midway through baking. I’m not so good at the math, even when it’s simply multiplying by two…!

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