Zucchini Oatmeal Muffins

This weekend made these muffins with some zucchini that I had shredded and frozen last summer.  Here's the original recipe:

2 1/2 c flour
1 1/2 c sugar
1 c chopped pecans
1/2 c oatmeal
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
4 eggs
3/4 c shredded zucchini
3/4 c vegetable oil

Combine first seven ingredients.  Beat eggs and combine with zucchini and oil.  Pour over dry ingredients and stir only until moistened.  Fill greased muffin pan 3/4 full.  Bake at 400 deg 25 minutes.

I doubled the batch and got 40 regular sized muffins.  I froze a bunch to have as a convenient snack.  I substituted half of the flour with white whole wheat flour.  I used mostly coconut oil mixed with a little canola oil.  I also used walnuts instead of pecan, just because that's what I had on hand.  I found that in my oven, 25 minutes was a little long.  Luckily I checked a little early, so none of them were burnt.  Next time, I might consider using a little more zucchini, as they were a little bit dry.  Otherwise, they turned out really well, and since I still have more zucchini in the freezer, I will be making them again!

Zucchini Bread

Here's the recipe, as written:

Prepare in blender:
3 eggs
1 c oil
2 c chopped zucchini

1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 c sugar
3 c flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
chopped nuts

Mix well.  Bake 1 hour at 350 deg after adding topping (2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp cinnamon)

(Divide into 5 #3 cans - grease and flour well)

Here are my thoughts and modifications.  I used half all purpose flour and half white whole wheat flour, just because I like using whole grains.  I don't have any #3 cans, so I used 2 regular sized bread pans, and it worked just fine.  Next time I won't use so much cinnamon sugar on the top; there was so much, it didn't all stay on.  All in all, it was pretty darn good.  Using the blender gave it a nice smooth texture with no zucchini chunks.  I'll definitely make it again.

Please forgive the bad pic.  I didn't have my camera with me, so I took a crappy picture with my phone.  :)