Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread
A moist, gently spiced quick bread made with grated zucchini and 100% whole-wheat flour—perfect for breakfast, snacking, or freezing for later.
- Author: sarra
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 55–60 mins
- Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
- Yield: 2 loaves (about 24 slices) 1x
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
- 3 cups (about 360 g) grated zucchini, excess moisture squeezed out
- 3 cups (390 g) whole-wheat flour
- 1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar (or coconut sugar)
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup (240 ml) neutral oil (canola, sunflower, or light olive)
- 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- ½ cup (60 g) chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
- Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F). Grease or line two 9 × 5 in (23 × 13 cm) loaf pans.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla until well combined.
- Stir in the grated zucchini.
- In a separate bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and fold just until no streaks of flour remain.
- Gently fold in the chopped nuts, if using.
- Divide batter evenly between prepared pans and smooth the tops.
- Bake 55–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes, then transfer loaves to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
Notes
- Swap half the oil for unsweetened applesauce to lower fat and calories.
- For natural sweetening, replace up to ½ cup sugar with honey or maple syrup and reduce oil by 2 Tbsp.
- Loaves freeze well—wrap tightly and freeze up to 3 months.
- Add ½ cup dark chocolate chips for a chocolate twist.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (≈55 g)
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
Keywords: whole wheat zucchini bread, healthy zucchini bread, quick bread, vegetarian baking