Grey zucchini bread

Lindsay-Jean is a Contributing Editor of Food52.

added 5 months ago

I've had this happen to me before with carrots in cookies before - although more green than grey. A quick internet search led me to believe that I didn't mix in the baking soda well enough. You can read more about it here: http://www.thekitchn.com... Perhaps the same thing happened to you?

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added 5 months ago

You may be experiencing Maillard browning, essentially the browning of a carbohydrate in the presence of a protein. It's happened to me when I've accidentally omitted the baking powder from a recipe for carrot cake which calls for both it and baking soda. It never hurts to double-check one's ingredients, especially when distractions, such as life in general, abound.

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