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.
You may also like these other great quick bread recipes.
- My Best Buttermilk Banana Bread
- Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Bread from Peas & Crayons
- Blueberry Muffin Bread from My Sequined Life
Watch the step by step recipe video for The Best Zucchini Bread below:
Find more of my recipes on TikTok
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
Video
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
First time I tried to make zucchini bread and this turned out fabulous. Shared with my mom and she had a fit. Will be sharing this recipe with her.
My first time making zucchini bread! It was delicious and everyone loved it! I added a dash of nutmeg and only had cinnamon applesauce cups in my pantry. I ask so used two cups of grated zucchini! It was moist and amazing! So easy! I felt proud after my family raved about it!
Isn’t that great when something your first trying turns out great? The same happened for me. Happy to hear that
I just made 6 loaves and then ran out of applesauce. I actually bought some cinnamon applesauce for my next batches! Glad to know it turned out good!
This turned out perfect. Delicious!!! Used butter bc didn’t have applesauce.
Hello! How much butter did you use to substitute for the applesauce? Thank you.
Hi, if you dont mind can you please let me know how much butter did you use as replacement for applesauce. I don’t have applesauce either. Thank you.
I did the same after reading your comment. It came out great with butter instead of apple sauce. This recipe’s a keeper!
My applesauce is NOT unsweetened.. does that matter
That’s awesome do you substitute equal amounts
So easy!
I don’t see butter in the i ingredients, I don’t know why they say pour the butter
If you toss your chocolate chips in flour before you add them they dont sink
Just like blueberries in muffin recipes.
I’ve made this recipe twice and love it. The second time I added a little nutmeg and a ,edium-size shredded carrot in addition to the zucchini. Perfect! I think it could even handle a couple of carrots.
Absolutely the moistest bread you will taste. The applesauce is what makes it so moist. I doubled the recipe and made two loaves. YUM
Love this recipe.
Flavor is wonderful. I cut the sugar by a quarter cup of the white stuff. Substituted 1 quarter cup barley flour for white flour. Very wet. Took an additional 20 minutes to cook through. Well, longer than that, but with all the door opening and oven cooling and reheating, that’s what I think it probably should have been. Flavor is great, no complaints there. I also subbed pumpkin spice for cinnamon, and added just a bit of clove.
Kills me when people comment on a recipe that they have altered so much it’s not even the same recipe.
That sounds like a totally different recipe.
I made the recipe as written and had to cook it almost 20 additional minutes
These types of reviews crack me up! Twice you said the flavor is great, but you didn’t follow the recipe. No cinnamon and subbed pumpkin spice and clove . Also barley flour for some of the white flour. I’m glad you enjoyed your version, but it wasn’t the original. I followed the recipe, and the flavor Was GREAT!:)
Came out great! Everyone loved it!
Came out perfect, delicious
It’s soooooooooo good. Seriously the best I have ever had in my life.
What an amazing recipe! Got it from my boss and it’s delicious.
Thanks for sharing.
Best bread ever
What an I use instead of applesauce?
Easy to make and very good flavor!
I made this recipe. It is the best zucchini bread I have ever had. Didn’t have applesauce so I used a whole gala apple diced small with a Tsp of sugar & a sprinkle of cinnamon. Absolutely love it
Just loved it!!!
Recipe is very good, next time I’ll substitute crushed pineapple for the apple sauce. There’s just something about the combination of zucchini and pineapple that takes it to the wow level!
I’ve had plenty of zucchini breads and decided to try to bake one myself. I came upon this recipe and thought it looked better than other… and, YES, it is DELICIOUS! Absolutely, hands down, best zucchini bread I’ve ever had. Moist and the sweetness is “just right.”
THANK YOU for sharing!
P.S. I made it in a cake pan so I cut the baking time to 40 mins.
How many loaf pans does this recipe make