Photography Credit: Elise Bauer
I still remember the very first time I experienced zucchini bread like a teen. I'd difficulty getting my thoughts round the concept. At that time, zucchini was something my mother helped me eat, and never whatever you would bake into something sweet.
Fortunately, the path into my naturally resistant-to-new-foods teenage mind had recently been cut with carrot cake. Heck, if you can get something which good from carrots, why don't you zucchini?
After one bite, I had been offered forever. Grated zucchini, mixed in to the batter, brings moisture and tender texture to what's basically a spice cake.
This is a favorite, attempted-and-true zucchini bread recipe. It couldn’t be simpler you don’t require a mixer! It’s essentially our zucchini muffin recipe inside a bread form.
Incidentally, I did previously also show another recipe in this article for any version with crushed pineapple. Now you can discover that recipe on the different page here: Zucchini Bread with Pineapple .
Updated in the recipe archive, first published 2008!
Zucchini Bread Recipe
- Prep time: twenty minutes
- Prepare time: 50 minutes
- Yield: Makes 2 loaves
Immediately after you grate the zucchini, put the grated zucchini inside a sieve on the bowl to empty any excess moisture when you prep another ingredients.
You should use between 3 cups to 4 glasses of freshly grated zucchini with this recipe. 4 cups will yield a rather more dense, moist zucchini bread.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons butter for greasing the pans
- three or four cups grated fresh zucchini (700 to 900 ml)
- 3 cups (390 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons sodium bicarbonate
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger root
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/3 cup (270 g) sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (omit if using salted butter)
- 3/4 cup (170 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup (100 g) chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
- 1 cup (120 g) dried cranberries or raisins (optional)
Method
1 Preheat oven, prepare loaf pans, drain zucchini of excess moisture: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter two 5 by 9 inch loaf pans. Put the grated zucchini inside a sieve or colander on the bowl to empty any excess moisture.
2 Whisk together flour, sodium bicarbonate, spices: Inside a large bowl, intensely whisk together the flour, sodium bicarbonate, cinnamon, ginger root, and ground nutmeg.
3 Whisk together sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, zucchini, butter: In another large bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, vanilla flavoring, and salt (omit salt if using salted butter). Stir within the drained grated zucchini and so the melted butter.
4 Add dry ingredients to wet: Add some flour mixture, another at any given time, towards the sugar egg zucchini mixture, stirring after each incorporation. Fold within the nuts and dried cranberries or raisins if using.
5 Put batter into loaf pans and bake: Divide the batter equally between your loaf pans. Bake for 50 minutes at 350°F (175°C) or until a tester placed in to the center arrives clean. Awesome in pans for ten minutes. Come out onto wire racks to awesome completely.
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Very tasty! I replaced the butter with apple sauce and somewhat oil, after which reduced the sugar. Also used seeds (sunflower and pumpkin) rather of walnuts but they're every bit as good.
- September 9, 2016
Wow! Thank you for discussing your grandmothers recipe around. This is actually the best zucchini bread recipe I've attempted yet As if you Elise, this is a childhood favourite of mine. Flavourful, and moist. My children and husband loved it.
LOVED, LOVED. LOVED IT. Thank you for discussing your recipe !
- September 5, 2016
I attempted this recipe. Searching for any healthier version also, since i love Zucchini Bread. I made use of the powder Stevie Extract. It had been a tragedy. Iike you stated &"best of luck looking for a way using low calorie sweeteners. I needed to throw everything away. To bad I just read your comment afterwards. I'll certainly do this recipe again !
- August 22, 2016
Add applesauce and cut the butter by 1/3 and also the sugar to at least one cup. Easier to add homemade applesauce with low sugar. It will likely be very moist and merely sweet enough.