Author Notes
After years of making zucchini muffins, I craved something different when the season started a few weeks ago. Somehow coffee cake came to mind and that's how this recipe was born. It's a nice addition to morning brunch but also brings smiles post dinner, for a dessert with a little less guilt. Bonus: it was also a hit with all the neighborhood kids. —Jennifer Perillo
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Ingredients
- for the streusel topping
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4.25 ounces
flour
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4 ounces
sugar
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2
grams kosher salt
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3 ounces
walnut halves, finely chopped
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3 ounces
butter, melted
- for the batter
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10.5 ounces
flour
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4.5 ounces
brown sugar, light or dark is fine
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2
grams baking powder
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2
grams baking soda
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2
grams kosher salt
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1
gram allspice
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Freshly grated zest of 1 lemon
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12 ounces
shredded zucchini, skins on
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3
large eggs, at room temperature
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112 milliliters
canola oil
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Confectioners' sugar, for dusting (optional)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat an 8-inch by 12-inch baking pan with cooking spray or butter.
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In a medium bowl, mix all the streusel topping ingredients until it forms a wet, sandy crumble; set aside.
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Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, allspice and lemon zest together in a large bowl; set aside.
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In a separate small bowl, lightly beat the eggs and canola oil. Pour over flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon—it will be very stiff, so don't worry. Add the zucchini and fold until mixed well (it will now look more like a thick batter).
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Using a rubber spatula, spread into the prepared baking pan. Evenly sprinkle with the reserved streusel topping. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Jennifer Perillo is the Consulting Food Editor at Working Mother magazine, and a regular a contributor to Relish Magazine and FoodNetwork.com. She shares stories about food, family and life at her blog In Jennie's Kitchen and in her debut cookbook, Homemade with Love: Simple Scratch Cooking from In Jennie's Kitchen (Running Press 2013).
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