Zesty Zucchini Bread Recipes

ZUCCHINI SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan with cooking spray, and set aside. Grate zucchini on the large holes of a box grater (to yield 1 3/4 cups); set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together sugars, oil, vanilla, and eggs.
• Into a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt. Add flour mixture to egg mixture, and stir to combine well. Stir in grated zucchini.
• Pour batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes; invert onto a wire rack, then reinvert, top side up. Cool completely before slicing.

EASY ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Grease two 8 x 4 inch pans or 6 mini loaf plans. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Next, in a separate small bowl, beat the eggs, oil, vanilla extract, and sugars together.
• Then, add the wet ingredients to the large bowl of dry ingredients and stir until combined.
• After that, grate the zucchini using a box grater. Add to the bread batter, along with the nuts, until well combined. Let batter sit 5-10 minutes.
• Proceed to pour the batter into the prepared pans.
• Place bread into the oven and bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. My mini-loaf pans take about 35-40 minutes. Large sized loaves take about 55 minutes. (See below for my method on making sure loaves are completely cooked!)
• When done cooking, cool in the pan on rack a for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool. Slice, serve and enjoy!

MOM'S SPICED ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Beat sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; fold in zucchini. Stir flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, baking powder, and cloves together in a separate bowl; gradually stir into sugar mixture until batter is mixed. Fold walnuts and raisins into the batter; pour into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 50 minutes.

ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans or 1 (9x5-inch) loaf pan with shortening or cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir zucchini, sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs until well mixed. Stir in remaining ingredients except nuts and raisins. Stir in nuts and raisins. Divide batter evenly between 8-inch pans or pour into 9-inch pan.
• Bake 8-inch loaves 50 to 60 minutes, 9-inch loaf 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on cooling rack 10 minutes.
• Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on cooling rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

MOM'S ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

SPICY CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Whisk together dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cayenne pepper) in a bowl.
• Whisk together sugar, vegetable oil, syrup , eggs, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl.
• Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Then fold in zucchini and chocolate chips.
• Pour thick batter into a 9x5-inch loaf pan that has been lightly buttered and floured.
• Bake bread at 350°F for 70-75 minutes until a tester comes out clean.
• Let bread cool for 5 minutes in pan, then invert and carefully remove bread. Let cool for another 15-20 minutes before slicing.
• To store, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store in the fridge for up to a week.

ZESTY ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9x5 loaf pans with baking spray or grease and flour.
• 2. Grate the outer zest of one lemon and squeeze the juice of the lemon to make 2 tsps. Set aside. Grate a medium zucchini to make 2 cups of pulp. Squeeze out excess water. Set aside.
• 3. In a large bowl, whisk together the first six ingredients listed. In a medium bowl, beat 4 eggs lightly. Add water,oil, zucchini, lemon juice and lemon zest. Stir to combine. Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients until all is combined. Fold in the chopped nuts.
• 4. Turn batter into the two prepared loaf pans. Bake 1 hour or until toothpick tests done. Place pans on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Carefully remove from pans and allow to cool completely. Cover with foil and store on counter or refrigerate. Freezes well for three months tightly wrapped.

SPICED ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F, and grease two 8x4×2 1/2-inch loaf pans.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs until foamy. Add the vegetable oil, sugar, zucchini, and vanilla extract and mix well. Add the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and baking powder, and mix until well blended. Stir in the nuts. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared loaf pans, and tap them gently on the counter to release any air bubbles.
• Bake until the loaves have risen and are golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 55-60 minutes. Allow the bread to cool in the pans for 5 minutes; then turn the loaves out onto wire racks to cool.
• Serve the bread warm, sliced and spread with cream cheese if desired.

ZESTY ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease (I use butter) two 9 x 5 bread pans.
• Beat eggs well. Add sugar, oil, zests, and zucchini. Mix well.
• Combine all dry ingredients (except nuts) in a separate bowl and mix.
• Add to zucchini mixture and stir just until combined. It may still be a little lumpy.
• Fold in walnuts, if using, and pour into prepared pans.
• Bake for 65 minutes or until done, using a toothpick to test center. If the toothpick comes out clean, it is done.
• Cool for 10 to 15 minutes in pans on a rack. Then remove loaves from pans, and allow to cool completely on rack.

LEMON ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, line 9 x 5 loaf pan with unbleached parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, lemon zest and juice (zest first before squeezing juice), maple syrup, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt. Whisk until combined. Mixture will be foamy.
• Add zucchini and almond flour (don't forget to skim the top of measuring cup with a knife) . Mix gently with spatula to combine.
• Pour batter into previously prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Remove bread from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack to cool off for 10 minutes. Holding onto the flaps of parchment paper remove bread from a loaf pan and let it cool off completely before slicing with sharp serrated knife.

LEMON ZUCCHINI BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5-inch metal loaf pan with baking spray (or use butter and flour), set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, milk and sour cream. Add the zucchini, lemon zest, vanilla and egg, mix until combined.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mixing just until combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Spread the top of the batter to create a smooth, even layer.
• Place in the oven to bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing and transferring the loaf to a wire rack to cool completely.

ZESTY ZUCCHINI CARROT BREAD

Steps:

• pre heat oven 350.
• in first bowl, mix dry ingredients.
• in second bowl, whisk/mix eggs and applesauce.
• combine bowl 2 with bowl 1 and mix until all dry ingredients are well incorporated. (will appear very dry like dough).
• add zucchini, carrot puree, citrus rind, and ginger, mix well.
• Spray oil or grease baking pan. I chose a large bread pan.
• pour ingredients into bread pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 30 minutes. until done in center.