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Meesh’s Zucchini Bread Recipe

My mom was always baking the best things when we were kids. (She still bakes daily actually!) She has a few tried and true recipes that became hits with family friends, and they’d be in heavy rotation throughout the year. I think each of our family friends has a particular favorite that they request whenever they visit. Zucchini bread is my BFF’s favorite, and it’s definitely in the top three for me.

Zucchini bread is perfect for fall. Just the smell of it alone brings me back to so many amazing memories. It makes two loaves, so you can keep one for yourself and share the other with a friend. It’s a great thing to bake when you have company (we eat it for breakfast and even put it out as an appetizer) or for when you want to bring something over to a friend’s house as a gift.

Zucchini Bread

I wish I could do a better job describing the bread, but trust me it is everything one could possibly love about fall in bread. What could be better? A little cinnamon-y. Soft inside with a slightly crunchy exterior (the ends are the best part). Can be warmed up, covered in butter, or just plain. While it doesn’t taste like zucchini, there are vegetables in there so if you want to convince yourself it’s “healthy” because of that, well, I certainly wouldn’t judge.

So the first time I attempted to make this without my mom, I failed miserably and kind of vowed to never try again. (It’s hard when your mom sets such a high bar for baked goods…. everything else falls short!) This year I was committed to trying again and I figured out what I was doing wrong. Halfway through making the bread. It ended up turning out fine but you can see in the video where I made the error.

Baking Zucchini Bread

The recipe itself is pretty easy and straightforward:

BLEND 3 eggs + 1 cup vegetable oil
ADD 2 ¼ cups sugar + 2 teaspoons vanilla
SIFT + ADD 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoons of cinnamon
ADD 2 cups grated zucchini*
BAKE 40-50 minutes @ 350°

*My mistake! The zucchini should look like shredded zucchini, NOT like a pile of mush! Whoops! If you grate it correctly, you should get the two cups from two large zucchinis. I used the wrong side and had softer, juicier zucchini. I ended up needing four and then I had to drain the (tons of) excess liquid out. It ended up fine in the end, but you’re better of grating the zucchini correctly in the first place.

Zucchini Bread Dough Easy Zucchini Bread

My bread took about 56 minutes to bake. After about 30 minutes though, the aroma of the bread starts spreading throughout the kitchen and house. Waiting for the bread to finish baking is torture! I didn’t even let the bread fully cool before I cut my first slice.

Homemade Zucchini Bread

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17 Comments

Taylor M

I love love loooove zucchini bread. It reminds me more of summer time because when I was younger my parents would grow zucchini in our small backyard garden and we’d have a plethora of zucchini perfect for bread.

I’ve always been intimidated by making it, even though I love baking, because my mom has always used a food processor to grate the zucchini – definitely going to try now that I can just grate it by hand!

Thanks, Carly!
xo,
Taylor

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Helen Ellis

Wondering if I can use different flour e.g. coconut flour, buck flour or almond ground? And sugar (coconut)? Large eggs? Thanks x

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carly

I haven’t tried so I can’t say from personal experience. But if you’ve made similar substitutions with other baking it’s worth testing!

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Judy Schweichler

I am so glad that I watched the video! I was grating the zucchini wrong. I tried Meesh’s recipe years ago-I was too embarrassed to tell her it flopped for me. Now I know, and I’m going to make it again-it is delish! Thanks for the video.

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Helen

This recipe sounds so delicious! Thanks for the tip on grating the zucchini. I recently made zucchini bread for the first time and it didn’t turn out as beautiful as yours. I’m hoping I’ll have better luck when I try this recipe. 😀

-Helen
http://www.sweethelengrace.com

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Seafa105

Oh my gosh! This recipe is really good. Only bake it if you want your whole kitchen to smell AHmazing!

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Sarah B

Made this with some zucchinis from my local farmers market this morning and it was AMAZING! I halved the recipe (used 2 eggs) and it turned out perfectly. Had it for breakfast with goats cheese and a drizzle of honey. Would love to see more of your/Meesh’s favourite recipes on here. Thanks Carly!

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Lauren

Cary I made this and it was great! I halved the recipe and it turned out perfectly, fluffy and moist. So glad I watched the video because I grated wrong as well haha.

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Bri

Please update the text of the recipe to say that this makes TWO loaves! I skipped the video and my bread has been in the over for over 1h20m and I came back to the recipe page pretty bewildered wondering where I went wrong. I’m usually a pretty good baker so I was very confused until I saw you grease two tins in the video LOL! I’ll have to try this again another day, the right way 🙂

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Anne

Thanks for sharing! Just made tonight with some fresh zucchini 🙂 delicious!!

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BRN

I pull up this post every fall! House smells great. Hope you can make some on Nantucket this Oct!

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