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Blueberry Zucchini mini muffins made with Greek yogurt.
Recently, a coworker told me that she has never eaten a zucchini. I’ve been trying to introduce her to new vegetables because she’s grown up only appreciating green beans, corn and potatoes.
She’s been able to explore asparagus with my Limoncello Asparagus Spears, and recently she tried spinach for the first time through my Zestuous Spinach Cups.
When I asked her about zucchini, she said she was turned off by it because it started with a Z. What? Great things start with a Z – hint, hint – ZESTUOUS!
So instead of making traditional zucchini bread for her, I added blueberries to the mix, so that the Z disappeared. She can now call it BLUcchini bread.
You can bake this as a loaf, regular muffins or mini muffins, just as you would traditional zucchini bread.
- 1 stick butter, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 6 ozs. Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 200 grams (1 ½ cups) flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- ¼ tsp. cardamom (optional)
- ¼ tsp. coriander (optional)
- 1 cup chopped zucchini (about 1 zucchini)
- ½ cup blueberries
- ¼ cup white sugar
Cream together the brown sugar and butter. Add the eggs, yogurt and vanilla and mix until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda and spices and slowly mix into the butter mixture.
Fold in the zucchini and blueberries.
Scoop into mini muffin cups and sprinkle with white sugar.
Bake in a 375-degree oven for 12 minutes.
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Ann-Marie says:
May 17, 2012 at 21:22 (UTC -7)
YUM! Just pinned it to Pinterest. I make zucchini bread a couple times a year, but I never think of incorporating it into other baked goods. Thanks!
zestuous says:
May 28, 2012 at 08:25 (UTC -7)
Thanks Ann-Marie
Kim Hanson says:
May 6, 2012 at 21:28 (UTC -7)
I’ve been wanting to bake with zucchini for a while, and this seems like a great recipe I can handle….just one question – how thin/small do you chop the zucchini?!?!
Thanks for sharing!
zestuous says:
May 6, 2012 at 21:46 (UTC -7)
I ran it through the food processor, so it was very fine…but the blueberries are larger, so if you don’t have a food processor, just mince it as best you can.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins from Zestuous says:
May 12, 2012 at 13:01 (UTC -7)
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