Applesauce

I'm all about the substitutions lately, and I've found a good one. I have been putting applesauce in my recipes instead of the oil / butter / shortning. What I'll usually do is take the measurement of oil / butter / shortning and put in applesauce for half of it, and olive oil / canola oil for the other half. Brenda and I tried this a couple months ago with one of her cookie recipes and it tasted great. (Roy was excited because with half the fat he could eat twice as many:) I have also tried it in this yummy chocolate zucchini bread/cake recipe. Enjoy!

Chocolate Zucchini Bread/Cake Revised

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla or almond extract
1/2 cup olive oil or canola oil
1/2 cup applesauce
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
5 Tbsp cocoa
2 cups ground/shredded zucchini

Put in greased 9x13 pan or two bread loaves. Bake at 325 for one hour. May top with chocolate frosting or glaze.

I think I'm going to have squash coming out of my ears soon (I planted a bunch in Roy and Brenda's garden) so if anyone has any fun ways to use squash I'd love to hear them.