Use up all those summer zucchini in this easy and healthy zucchini bread recipe. We’ve amped up the nutrition and kept it tasting better than ever!
Zucchini bread is a summer-time staple when zucchini are in abundance. We’ve taken a classic zucchini bread and amped up the nutrition to include whole wheat, no oil, and used honey as a sweetener instead of sugar. Yet this recipe still produces a moist slice of zucchini bread that people will love. Be sure to check out our substitution options to customize this recipe for your needs.
Substitution Options:
- Applesauce: Instead of applesauce you can use vegetable oil, melted butter, or melted coconut oil in the same amount.
- Egg: There are several options for replacing egg in this recipe:
- 1/4 cup of plain yogurt, per egg
- 1 tablespoon vinegar + 1 teaspoon baking powder, whisked together, per egg
- 1/4 cup mashed banana, per egg
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, per egg
- Honey: Instead of honey you can use sugar, agave, or maple syrup in the same amount or use a sugar replacer. For Stevia use 1 teaspoon Stevia plus an additional 3/4 cup applesauce.
- Flour: This recipe uses a combination of white all-purpose and wheat flour. You can use all white flour in this recipe or all whole wheat. The whole wheat will be more dense. This recipe has not been tested with gluten-free flour options. If you attempt to make this recipe gluten-free, we recommend starting with a gluten-free flour blend that is meant to replace all-purpose flour cup for cup.
Do I need to peel the zucchini?
No, you do not need to peel the zucchini. You can peel the zucchini if you really want to, but there is no need and it would be a waste of time. This is because the grated zucchini gets softer when you bake it making the skin of the zucchini perfectly softy.
Do I need to squeeze the water out of the zucchini?
Zucchini contains a lot of liquid, but this recipe is designed to account for this extra liquid. You do not need to squeeze your zucchini or attempt to drain the water out. Simply grate the zucchini and use in the recipe.
How many zucchini do you need for 1 cups shredded?
Because all zucchini are different sizes this a hard question to answer. 1 medium-sized zucchini should yield you about 1 cup of grated zucchini. That being said it is always better to be on the safe side. If you can buy two medium zucchini or 1 large zucchini you will be better off.
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What can I replace apple sauce with
hello, and thank you for this awesome receipt. My first year growing a big veg garden I am often looking for healthy but simple ideas and love your cooking site. I would also like to thank those that have left reviews and substitution ideas such a big help for a beginner like myself.
OH my goodness, this is so good! Moist. I was concerned by the amount of honey used but its worth it.
Hi if no whole wheat flour could I just use full amount in all purpose? Or almond or coconut?
You could easily substitute with all purpose flour.
Was so yummy. Thank you
I love zucchini and since we have from our garden, I will be making it for sure. Thank you for the recipe.👌💗❤️
This recipe is absolutely the best I’ve ever tried I like zucchini in a number of recipes. Like I said this is the best. WINNER WINNER!!!!
Loved it thank you and be safe.?
This recipe is fabulous I have an addition I found a recipe for zucchini and banana bread there was from the 1800s and in these recipes they call for 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper and I thought it was you but I tried it and it just makes the bread pop you should try this