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
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- Blueberry Muffin Bread from My Sequined Life
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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
Can you substitute the zucchini with bananas?
This a great recipe.i have made it twice, the second time i
doubled the recipe because it was eaten so fast. I put a little cinnamon and some pumpkin pie spice.
Can you use equal parts white sugar and brown sugar instead of so much white sugar??
I made a double batch. After adding my first tablespoon of vanilla, I realized it wasn’t vanilla; it was lemon extract! D’oh! I figured it was meant to be, so I added the next tablespoon of vanilla extract (per the recipe) and the combination of the lemon & vanilla made a really wonderful zucchini bread wih a gentle zing of citrus! Who knew? I used the same combination the second time I made it, and I added a little more cinnamon, too. Delish!
I lost my go-to recipe which had lemon zest and nutmeg, so did the same with this one. Also no applesauce but I did have an over-ripe pear so used that… was sooo good!
Why when i put my batter in a 9×5 bread pan, it doesnt rise up to the top of the pan? I followed the recipe exactly.
Everyone raves about this delicious bread. I do double the cinnamon.
Can this bread be frozen
I love this recipe. I ran into an issue because I didn’t have unsweetened apple so I smashed a banana and added it in. So I made zucchini banana bread and it was amazing.
Thank you! The recipe was super easy and perfect! I added walnuts because I love the added texture in each bite, and it was heavenly!
Thank you!! Exactly what I was wondering — no applesauce. I think I have a banana!
Thanks!
Definitely best zucchini bread ever and so easy to make!!! Love it and thank you!
I made this recipe 3 times already, I gave out samples to family and friends and they loved it so much I got orders for it, I experimented mixing equal parts all purpose flour with a whole wheat bread flour and also added walnuts, pistachios & almonds and it turned out awesome. On this batch I separated some of the batter and added cinnamon apple chips and topped with raisins and hazelnut chocolates, the texture is amazing and it tasted amazing. This recipe is soo good I am selling this loafs.
This bread is really really the best. Folks I work with ask for this bread very frequently. I am not a great baker, but this bread I can bake. It is awesome. My question is, I am about to replace a 20 year old electric oven with a true convection oven. I would like to bake multiple loaves, possibly up to six at a time. Is this recipe conducive to a , atrue convection oven, or will it by dry?, as ihis is what I have read on a few websites. That baking is really better in a regular oven. Please advise.
A wonderful and delicious recipe, I love it, thank you so much!!
Is there a substitute for apple sauce?
Just made this bread…delish and as sold…very moist and tasty.
Excellent results
This is one of the best zucchini bread recipes I have tried! Instead of nuts I add dark chocolate chips. Everybody loves it!
This is not a good bread. You have to cook it way too long and it turns out as more of a pudding than a bread.
Best recipe ever! Delicious!
I doubled this recipe but only used 2 cups total sugar which was still too much. Not enough cinnamon for me but that’s me. It is moist though which is great.
Absolutely the best. I bring two loaves at a time to work, and it is never enough. Coworkers frequently ask when I will next bring in some more zucchini bread.