Zucchini Bread
A crowd-pleasing vegetarian built around all-purpose flour, white sugar and grated zucchini — roughly 65 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and pan. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (1)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 175 C (350 F) and grease and flour a standard loaf pan, or line it with parchment paper.
- Grate the zucchini on the large holes of a box grater, then gently squeeze out and discard excess moisture with a clean towel.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla until well blended and slightly lightened.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until combined, then fold in the grated zucchini, being careful not to overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, then cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to finish cooling.
You'll use: Oven · Pan · Blender · Whisk
Ingredient substitutions
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
Tips & common questions
How long does Zucchini Bread take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of eggs?
Try ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Zucchini Bread vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Zucchini Bread is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: 2019-07-01 (100) Hanging leaves of Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo Zucchini (zucchini) at Bichlhäusl, Tiefgrabenrotte, Frankenfels, Austria.jpg by GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.