Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Bread

This classic zucchini bread is the viral home-baking staple everyone keeps coming back to — moist, warmly spiced, and packed with freshly grated zucchini. It bakes up with a tender crumb, a golden-brown crust, and just the right balance of cinnamon and vanilla. Perfect for breakfast, a snack, or dessert, and a brilliant way to use up a summer zucchini haul.

10 servings · Prep 15 min · Cook 60 min · Total 75 min

American · Bread · Baking

  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 0.5 cup vegetable oil
  • 0.5 cup granulated sugar
  • 0.5 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cup zucchini freshly grated, unpeeled, lightly squeezed of excess moisture
  • 1.5 cup all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 0.5 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 0.5 cup chopped walnuts toasted
  • 0.5 cup chocolate chips

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Baking Dish
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Parchment Paper
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Cooking Spray
  • Loaf Pan
  • Toothpick
  • Kitchen Towel
  • Cheesecloth
  • Wire Rack
  • Whisk
  • Spatula
  • Loaf Pan (8.5 x 4.5)
  • Mixing Bowl (4 Quarts)
  • Grater

Instructions

  1. Preheat your #[Oven] to ![350°F]. Grease a #[Loaf Pan] with @[Butter] or #[Cooking Spray], then lightly flour it or line with #[Parchment Paper]. Grate the @[Zucchini] using the large holes of a #[Grater]. Place in a clean #[Kitchen Towel] and gently squeeze out some — but not all — of the excess moisture. You want the @[Zucchini] damp, not bone dry.
  2. In a large #[Mixing Bowl], whisk together the @[Eggs], @[Vegetable Oil], @[Granulated Sugar], @[Brown Sugar], and @[Vanilla Extract] until smooth and well combined, ~[about 1 minute]. Fold in the grated @[Zucchini].
  3. In a separate medium #[Mixing Bowl], whisk together the @[All-Purpose Flour], @[Baking Soda], @[Baking Powder], @[Salt], @[Cinnamon], and @[Nutmeg] until evenly combined.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir with a #[Spatula] until just combined — do not overmix or the bread will be tough. A few streaks of @[All-Purpose Flour] are fine. Fold in the @[Walnuts] and/or @[Chocolate Chips] if using.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared #[Loaf Pan] and smooth the top. Bake at ![350°F] for ~[55–65 minutes], until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs. If the top browns too quickly, tent loosely with #[Aluminum Foil] after ~[40 minutes].
  6. Let the bread cool in the #[Loaf Pan] on a #[Wire Rack] for ~[10 minutes], then turn it out and let it cool completely before slicing — at least ~[30 more minutes]. Slicing too early will result in a gummy interior. Store wrapped at room temperature for up to ~[3 days], or refrigerate for up to ~[5 days].