Zucchini season is just getting started and Laura Davis is kind enough to share her favorite zucchini bread recipe with us.
By Laura Davis
Zucchini is a prominent summer vegetable to say the least. Thank goodness there are a gazillion different ways to prepare zucchini and it equally works well for both sweet and savory recipes. It is an excellent ingredient for salads, grilling, casseroles and baking. Zucchini is very versatile but it does not freeze well.
The zucchini season is just getting started and I wanted to share my favorite zucchini bread recipe with you. Zucchini bread is one of the most easily found recipes found on the internet but in my experience it is hard to find in a cookbook. Is it just me? Am I looking in all the wrong places? Well, I confess. I did find one recipe in A Real American Breakfast by Bill and Cheryl Alter Jamison called Brown Sugar Zucchini Bread. I really like this recipe and have been making it for years. It is not too sweet and I switched up a cup of the all purpose flour for whole wheat which turned out nice. The one thing I don’t share with many southerners is an outrageous sweet tooth. The turbinado sugar sprinkled on right before baking adds a sweet, crunchy texture to the top crust. This recipe has just the right amount of sweetness that compliments the spices, grains and zucchini. 
A Southern Table: Zucchini Bread
- Yield: 12 1x
Description
Zucchini bread made with whole grains, nuts, brown sugar and spices. The flavors are fantastic.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (99 g) all purpose flour, unbleached
- 1 cup (130 g) whole wheat flour (can substitute all purpose flour)
- 1/2 cup (100 g) packed dark brown sugar (light brown can be substituted)
- 6 tablespoon granulated white sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (80 g) old fashioned oats
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup (236.6 mL) vegetable oil such as safflower
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups (248 g) grated zucchini (~2 medium)
- 1/2 cup (60 g) lightly toasted, chopped walnuts or pecans
- Turbinado or raw sugar (for sprinkling over the top of the loaf)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º and grease a 9 X 5 inch loaf pan.
- Place the all purpose flour, wheat flour, sugars, cinnamon, ginger, soda, baking powder and salt into a large bowl and mix well. Stir in the oats.
- In a smaller bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil and vanilla. Pour this wet mixture into the dry and mix until just combined. Add zucchini and nuts and gently mix in. Do not over mix.
- Pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle with about a tablespoon or so of turbinado sugar. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. Remove when a toothpick or testing stick comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out on a cooling rack. This bread keeps well and toasted is delicious.
- Enjoy!
Notes
For a nice depth of flavor, replace 1/4 cup of oil with walnut oil.
I have added 1/2 cups or dates or raisins in the past. Very nice addition.
Grated carrots can be substituted for the zucchini.
Gorgeous loaf of zucchini bread, love your spices and old fashioned oats in your recipe.
Thank you. It is a tasty way to use that stash of zucchini!
there are so many zucchini in our garden, I have been using them in many different ways and I really like your idea. Thanks for the recipe, definitely have to give it a try :)
They are abundant this time of year! Thank you. This is one recipe that I usually double or there is none left for the cook!
Zucchini Bread Ingredients for two regular loaf pans:3 eggs1 cup oil2 cups shrdeded raw zucchini1 3/4 cups sugar1/4 teaspoon baking powder2 teaspoons baking soda2 teaspoons cinnamon1 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons vanilla1 cup chopped nuts2 cups flourDirections:Put zucchini in a strainer and press or squeeze with hands to get excess liquid out. Beat eggs, sugar, and oil together. Add flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, and nuts. Mix together by hand. Add zucchini (minus liquid). Beat mixture. Pour into 2 greased, floured, loaf pans.Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F.