The Best Classic Zucchini Bread – This easy zucchini bread recipe is sweet & incredibly moist.
This is the best zucchini bread recipe ever! It’s got more zucchini and more sugar than most recipes so it tastes amazing. And, applesauce makes this homemade zucchini bread super moist.
One of the reasons this is such an easy zucchini bread recipe, is because there’s not much prep work for the zucchini, like in many other recipes.
How to grate zucchini for zucchini bread:
- Do not peel the zucchini before grating, leave the skin on.
- Do not salt, drain out, or squeeze out any of the liquid from the zucchini.
- Use the large grate of a box grater to grate 2 small (or 1 large) zucchini for 1 ½ cups lightly packed grated zucchini.
How to make The Best Zucchini Bread Recipe:
- Add grated zucchini, sugar, and brown sugar to a large bowl.
- Add vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla.
- Whisk the wet ingredients together.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Stir just until combined.
- Pour batter into a loaf pan.
- Bake.
- Refrigerate.
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The Best Classic Zucchini Bread Recipe
The Best Classic Zucchini Bread - This easy zucchini bread recipe is sweet & incredibly moist because it's made with applesauce & more zucchini & sugar than most recipes.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups grated zucchini - lightly packed -do not drain liquid
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil -or your preferred cooking oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, add the grated zucchini, sugar, brown sugar, applesauce, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Stir just until no dry flour remains, trying not to over mix.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 50 to 54 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of the bread should come out with moist crumbs on it.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.
- Store covered in the refrigerator. *This bread is best served after it has been refrigerated for at least 12 hours.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/12th of the bread | Calories: 213kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 158mg | Potassium: 135mg | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 105IU | Vitamin C: 5.4mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
Best zucchini bread recipe ever!
This is literally thee most perfect zucchini bread recipe on the internet!!! I’ve made it close to a dozen times now and making it again this morning! I don’t have to make any tweaks to the recipe and it always comes out perfect. Thanks for sharing this!
Do we have to refrigerate? Doesn’t it keep at room temperature?
The easiest and by far the BEST! Thank you
Does this have to be refrigerated?
The best tasting zucchini bread I have ever had. Super moist! I followed the recipe except I added extra zucchini. You will empress your friends serving this zucchini bread 😋
I would like to make several of these in mini loaf pans. How do I need to adjust the recipe?
This is awesome. We sometimes add in some flax seeds, chia seeds, chocolate chips, and/or a banana. It’s a great recipe. Very easy to follow directions. We always make a quadruple batch and it makes four nice sized loaves!
I would like to make two Zucchini Breads.Should I Double the recipe?
I’ve made this recipe several times and it comes out perfect every time thank you for an excellent recipe😀
This recipe is delicious. I make 2 batches and its enough for 2 loaf pans and a pan of mini loafs. That way I can pass some out to my grown kids as everybody wants some.
Best zucchini bread ever
Can I use regular apple sauce?
I know it probably doesn’t matter but is there any reason to use a box grater instead of a food processor?
Puts together easily & tastes great!!
This is a very moist recipe but has A LOT of sugar. To make it a bit healthier, I cut back on the white sugar, added hemp seed for protection and substituted a bit if avocado for some of the oil. I did a version with raisins and walnuts, too. The additions added a bit to the baking tine but turned out great!
I made this with gluten-free all purpose flour. I didn’t change any other ingredients, but I did let the batter sit for about 30 minutes before baking. Absolutely delicious. The best gluten-free zucchini bread we’ve ever had! You might not even know it’s gluten-free!
This recipe is so moist and so easy! It definitely was a hit in my house. It did take a lot longer for it to bake in my oven and I didn’t have any applesauce so I just substitute it with oil as I read one of the comments. I can’t wait to buy more zucchini and bake more! No summer bod for me hahaha!
Best tasting ! Easy to prepare. Love this recipe!
Made two loaves. Flavor is great but both came out underdone after 55 min in the oven. Followed the recipe word for word. Anyone have recommendations?
This is the absolute best zucchini bread recipe I’ve ever made and tasted. It definitely needed to be baked an additional 15 minutes. I’m not sure why my bread is so undercooked at 55 minutes. Never the less, just cook until golden brown and check your bread every 3-4 minutes until your toothpick or knife comes out clean.
I didn’t have any applesauce but it still turned out great! I might add walnuts next time to give the bread some extra texture.
Delicious