"Best Bites" Chocolate Zucchini Bread - your zucchini dons a halo here...

Don?t you just love stumbling across a ?keeper? of a recipe? I found this on ourbestbites.com - and it intrigued me at first glance. They describe it as ?pretty much cake in a loaf pan? - but since it has a vegetable as an ingredient, it is wearing a halo around here! We love this recipe...

When I measure smaller amounts of several ingredients that I don?t want to painstakingly scrape out of the measuring cups - I combine them into one measuring cup and dig out those math skills and fractions I worked so hard on as a child. Since this recipe called for 1/2 cup oil - I measured that first. Then I dropped in spoonfuls of sour cream until it measured a full cup. You get the idea, I?m sure...

Surprisingly, one ten-inch zucchini yielded a generous three cups shredded - which I use the FINE grater attachment on my Bosch mixer. It?s pretty hard to tell it?s in there when it is so finely grated.

I wanted to make smaller loaves, so I greased three mini-pans and one medium size pan. I kept the larger one here at home, and gave the other three away to friends. I also increased the proportions of the topping ingredients so I would have enough for the four loaves, instead of two larger ones. It was generous, to say the least!

I love their tip in the recipe telling how to get your bread to RISE and shine in the pans (instead of giving it a noble try and then sinking) It really works!

For the recipe, links, and additional tips - go to:
www.changeabletable.com ("empty nest" tab)