I really like quick breads! They are super simple to make and they always taste great. I like to make a loaf on the weekend and it easily lasts me for breakfasts for the whole week. I slice the loaf into individual serving, place them in plastic containers and store the in the fridge. Give them 40 seconds in the microwave in the morning and you have a really good breakfast that is almost as moist and warm as when it just came out of the oven with almost no effort. It is great for weekdays when you don’t have that much time. I have been wanting to try a sweet zucchini quick bread ever since I made the savoury zucchini quick bread and this weekend I did. A zucchini bread is pretty similar to a banana bread in that is a really great base that you can add flavours to. I was thinking about making a dark chocolate zucchini but in the end I decided that I wanted to see those green and yellow flecks of zucchini in the bread. I added some soft raisins and chopped walnuts to the raisin bread for some extra flavours and textures. The zucchini bread with raisins and walnuts was so good that I ate it with nothing more than simple butter each morning.
Zucchini Bread
ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups zucchini (grated, squeezed and drained)
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)
- 1/2 cup raisins
directions
- Mix the zucchini, sugar, oil, yogurt and egg in a bowl.
- Mix the flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients.
- Mix in the nuts and raisins.
- Pour the batter into a greased 5X9 inch loaf pan.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about 50-70 minutes.
I made my first Zuchinni bread this summer, it rocked my world, yours looks delish!
I too had the same idea that I wanted to make a veggie-based bread over the weekend! Lol! I made carrot bread yesterday in a cake pan so I can’t quite decide if mine is a bread or a cake! Quick bread it is!
Looks great! I love using yogurt in quick breads.
LOVE this recipe and I really love that there is only 1/4 cup oil in it! Most zucchini bread recipes I have seen call for at least a whole cup of oil!
I love that last photo with the melted butter. YUMMM!
Mmm, i was just thinking of doing a zucchini-apple-sweet potato combo 🙂
I love quick breads, too. I like to make them as mini-loaves and freeze the extras. They defrost overnight and are ready for serving for about 2 days (if they last that long!).
I am a fan of quick breads too. And a big fan of zucchini. Loved your bread.
Mmm… I can have quick bread lots of morning – the thing with quick bread is that you can just as easily turn it into a muffin recipe!
Great idea about slicing, storing, and heating for breakfast! I also love quick breads like this, although I’ve never made one with yogurt! I’m a cream cheese fan, and love to put that on top of my slice. Looks great!
You just gotta love recipes that make it okay to eat cake in the morning!
I recently went on a Pantry Raid and cleaned up some oldish bananas by making banana bread – you forget how easy it is to make a quick bread loaf!
I usually prepare a banana bread for breakfast or poppy seeds muffins. I like the idea of zucchini bread.
You know why I like this? You only used 1/4 cup of oil! Other recipes always call for so much oil, this is great!
Kevin,
I just love the sound of Zukes bread. I really want to make this soon.
A delicious and moist looking bread! Great!
Cheers,
Rosa
Lovely looking bread – love the ingredients.
Wow! This looks great and it makes such a hearty and healthy breakfast! Wonderful!
This bread looks good even without the slathered butter.
Quick breads are just so convinient! This look s really nice, I’m sure they’d be great in muffins too! Lovely picture of the slice with butter!
Kevin every time I visit here I’m hungry! your zucchini bread looks wonderful 🙂
That zucchini bread looks fantastic, Kevin! Beautiful pictures.
A true classic quickbread, and a favorite of mine!! :0)
Gawd, YUM! Try it toasted with cream cheese sometime. I swear…you are going to love me for that tip. 🙂 lol
looks so moist… yum… 🙂
Zucchini is so plentiful and I even have about 5 in the fridge right now with the sole intent of making breads and cakes. On my “to do” list today – right after the pumpkin pie. Happy Thanksgiving Kevin.
An absolute treat Kevin…but I can’t decide which I want to try first; the sweet or the savoury!
i can’t believe I’ve never made this myself but I’ve had so much of other people’s. I’m going to make this recipe, though yogurt? Either way the photos make it look incredible… and i love your zest for making good food!!
I would like to reach through the screen and grab that buttered slice right now.
I like the chunkiness of the ingredients here.
Oh man, this looks tasty! My mom used to make zucchini bread when I was little – I’m scared to make it because I don’t think it’ll taste like what I remember now.
There’s nothing like a good nut bread, and there’s a special place in my heart for zucchini bread! Yours is lovely!
I love zucchini bread, your addition of yogurt sounds wonderful, next time I bake it I am going to use your recipe.
I love the healthy profile of your bread. It looks fantastic.
This looks really nice. I love zucchini bread it always is moist and weirdly a little sweet. Really nice pict. with the melted butter, I can almost smell it through the computer!
Hehe you make it sound really easy but I’ll probably mess this up, can’t bake to save my life =P
Look amazing Kevin, Im hungry only see mmmm! xGloria
This looks just wonderful! I love zucchini bread.
your bread look great! I never make any zucchini bread b4 but would love to try! I still have 3 zucchini leftover!
I love zucchini breads. made one myself a few weeks back. Love urs… also like the idea of using yogurt in it.
PS: the pics of your vacation are wonderful. Bet u had an awesome time.
happy thanksgiving Kevin! Your zucchini bread looks delicious with the melting butter slathered all over it!
I love the green specks of zucchini, it makes it look healthy!
oh kevin. this looks immense. i’ve never had courgettes in quickbreads. it must taste amazing, especially with raisins and vanilla yoghurt. thanks for this recipe. gonna bookmark this for later use! x
I also love fresh breads. I am forwarding the recipe over to my wife who loves to bake.
Mmm, I love zucchini bread. I have been eating so many quickbreads lately myself. They are so great!
Your photos make it look all the more inviting. Great recipe!
I keep quick breads around too. I usually make them as muffins instead, which are even easier to portion out than a loaf.
HI Kevin…this looks yummy!!!! have you tried the chocolate version? it is AMAZING!!!
oh and HAPPY Thanksgiving !!!!
Hugs
Diana
This is one of my favorite breads. Your recipe looks and sounds delicious. I love that you used yogurt.
I also love quickbreads! So much easier than hanging round waiting for yeast, and they’re one of my favourite breakfasts ^__^. Sounds amazing!
fantastic! it’s pretty, it’s healthy, it’s easy, and i’m sure it’s delicious. we’ve got a winner. 🙂
I’d be all over this – looks great!
-DTW
http://www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com
One of my favorites!! I have some zucchini sitting on my counter at home waiting to be made into zucchini bread!
This bread looks amazing.
The bread looks divine! I think banana bread may be my favorite quick bread, but zucchihi is next, specially when zucchini is so in abundance and cheap!
Kevin, your food and blog amaze me, love it! I can’t wait to see what you post everytime I check it!
Your zucchini bread looks really hearty and filling. Chocolate zucchini bread is another favorite of mine. Yum!
I love Zucchini bread, but instead of nuts I use chocolate chips. Give it a try next time, it tastes great.
zucchini bread is one of my favorites, yours looks amazing!
Ahhhh Kevin, I am salivating, seeing that butter melt into your delicious bread!
ive never had zucchini bread before and im kind of reluctant to try it… does it taste like bananna bread?!
I love making quick breads. Just posted another banana bread. They are easy to make and you can change around the ingredients and add different things to them. Your zucchini bread looks great.
wonderful:-) so healthy too!
I would definitely eat this for breakfast each and every morning too Kevin:D
Oh Kevin I do like this recipe and your bread looks so tempting – I could eat a slice right now 😉
Rosie x
Zucchini bread is one of my all time favorites, and your last photo on this post makes my mouth water! Delish!
canarygirl: Toasted and with cream cheese does sound good!
Loved your recipe! I stumbled across your blog right in time to use up some zucchini I got at the farmer’s market last week. I didn’t have quite a cup shredded, so I threw a few shredded carrots in as well. It was absolutely delish. I love the whole-wheat flour and yogurt in there, that is what sold me on the recipe! That and the TASTE! 🙂 Thanks!
Quick breads are the way forward. I’m planning to make an adaptation of one of yours this weekend – will let you know how it turns out!
Hey Kevin – I made an adaptation of this and it turned out GREAT!!
http://www.cooksister.com/2008/11/zucchini-peppadew-and-feta-bread.html
Thanks so much for a wonderful recipe – it’s a keeper!
I made the bread this morning. It's very good. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
This bread is very similar to my grandmother's favorite recipe! Unfortunatly when she passed away I didn't recieve to recipe so I'm sure to try this out! Thank you for the recipe!
This bread is tasty. I added cranberries and walnuts and my friends raved about it. I going to make a double batch this weekend
Love your recipes but rarely make them without substitutions.
Have you tried using almond flour and/or coconut flour or flaxmeal in place of reg flours?
fabricpixie: Thanks! I have done some experimenting with rice flour but not almond or coconut flour or flaxmeal. Almond flour and flaxmeal are both on my list to investigate and now I will have to take a look at coconut flour as well.