Savory Zucchini Bread

This recipe for Savory Zucchini Bread is amazing with a little butter hot from the oven. It is also fantastic alongside soups or stews or used for toasting the next day. Zucchini Cheese Bread is an easy zucchini recipe.

I am a huge fan of both zucchini recipes and quick breads, so it is only natural that I make recipes like this zucchini cheese bread as often as I can! YUM!! One of my favorite zucchini recipes are these Cheesy Zucchini Cakes, a must try!

Also called a courgette, zucchini are so versatile. It can be enjoyed as a side vegetable simply sautéed in a pan with seasoning. You can roast zucchini alone or with other vegetables as a medley. It can be made into a cheese casserole, spiralized into noodles, grilled or baked either sweet or savory! The used for zucchini are almost endless. You can even pickle it!!

This is a tasty & moist quick bread recipe. Speckled with shredded zucchini and cheeses, this Cheesy Zucchini Bread is delicious on its own with butter, made into drop biscuits or muffins, or toasted and used as sandwich bread.

Why you'll love this recipe for Savory Zucchini Bread

• Delicious hot from the oven with a bit of butter
• Easy recipe, you don't even have to peel the zucchini
• You can choose to add more cheese if you like
• Swap out the cheese flavor, for cheddar and make cheddar zucchini bread, smoked gouda, pepper jack or something similar
• Makes a great toasting bread for breakfast topped with extra cheese and an egg
• Perfect for charcuterie or cheese boards, cut into cubed cunks

Ingredients

• zucchini
• flour
• S&P
• onion powder
• baking powder & baking soda
• Parmesan cheese & Mozzarella cheese
• 1 egg
• milk
• butter

Instructions

This is an easy one bowl recipe. Start by making sure your zucchini is a dry as you can get it. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, add in your zucchini and then bake as directed.

Tips

• Be sure to get most of the liquid from zucchini before adding to the bowl. Salting your shredded zucchini, just a bit, and allowing it to sit in a bowl or colander for 10-15 minutes helps it to drop its liquid, making blotting easier.
• Whisking your milk, egg and butter before adding makes for easier more even incorporation.
• If your batter feels dry, add a bit more milk. If to wet, add a little more flour.
• I recommend baking this is a loaf pan lined with parchment paper, that way you can simply lift it out and not worry about sticking or breakage.
• Bake on a rack centered in your oven.
• Make your cheese zucchini bread "extra" by brushing it with some seasoned melted butter and garlic 5 or so minutes before its done baking.

Frequently Asked Questions

Variations

• Change up the cheese used to pepper jack, cheddar, a cheddar blend or even a smoked gouda. Half a harder cheese and half a softer cheese or all softer.
• Add in scallions, or minced jalapeno for additional texture, flavor and color.
• Add in red pepper flakes for a little kick of heat and color.

Serving Suggestions

Enjoy hot from the oven with a bit of butter. Delicious toasted as is or with a fried egg on top. Or as sandwich or grilled cheese bread. You can also make these as drop biscuits.

Favorite Zucchini Recipes

• As mentioned above, my Zucchini Fritter Cakes are a must try! You can also enjoy them as a vegetarian burger.
• These Air Fried Zucchini Chips are insanely good! Crunchy with a great dipping sauce. Tell me what you think!
• Need dinner for 1 or 10?? Make this beautiful Grilled Zucchini and Shrimp Platter.
• And of course no zucchini recipe season is complete without the always tasty Zucchini Boats!

Hope you are enjoying your zucchini recipes in every which way possible!! XO - Colleen

Originally posted March, 2022, updated July, 2024.

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Colleen Kennedy is the author of 3 cookbooks and has appeared on QVC and other shows inspiring home cooks of all levels. She has a popular TikTok channel @ColleensCooking with hundreds of short recipe videos. Colleen lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and kids, she started the food blog, Soufflé Bombay in 2009. Read more about her here.

Savory Zucchini Bread

Colleen Kennedy

An easy to make, delicious zucchini recipe for a savory zucchini bread. This is a quick bread without yeast and can be enjoyed with butter hot from the oven. It can also be toasted, used as sandwich bread or made into drop biscuits.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Servings 8 servings

Calories 327 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 medium zucchini shredded skin on about 1 cup once liquids pressed out
• 3 cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon or more black pepper
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 ½ cups whole milk
• 2 TBS melted butter

Instructions

 

• Shred zucchini, using a cheese grater, leaving skin on
• Press liquids from zucchini, blotting with paper towel. Salt and pepper zucchini just a bit, toss and allow to sit for 10-15 minutes, blot mostly dry.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, pepper, onion powder, baking powder and baking soda and whisk until blended.
• Add in cheeses and zucchini.
• Whisk together milk, egg and melted butter in a small bowl and add to mixing bowl. Stir until combined.
• Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes on the middle rack.
• Rest for 5 minutes, lift bread from pan, slice and serve with or without butter.

Notes

Notes: You can make this zucchini bread even tastier by brushing the top with garlic butter 5 minutes before it is finished baking.

You can also make this as drop biscuits baked on a parchment paper lined baking sheet for 10-20 minutes at 400 (depending on their size).

Nutrition

Serving: 8servingsCalories: 327kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 15gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 674mgPotassium: 215mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 433IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 320mgIron: 3mg

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