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Lemon Zucchini Bread

Lemon Zucchini Bread is a great way to use up garden zucchini; it's loaded with tangy lemon flavor, super moist, and a tender crumb cake-like texture. Lemon zucchini loaf is bursting with zucchini, and fresh lemon flavor with freshly squeezed lemon juice and lemon zest inside the fluffy bread and in the tangy lemon glaze. It bakes up perfectly each and every time!
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword lemon zucchini bread
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 16
Calories 209kcal
Author Jessica

Ingredients

Lemon Zucchini Bread

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon table salt or fine sea salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1 large lemon)
  • 1 cup shredded zucchini

Lemon Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • juice of 1 lemon

Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 350℉. Spray four (4) mini loaf pans (6"x 3½") well with cooking spray. You can also use one (1) large loaf pan (9"x 5") if wanted.
    *I prefer this recipe baked up in the mini loaf pans. 

Lemon Zucchini Bread

  • In a small bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt until combined. Set aside. 
    2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon table salt or fine sea salt
  • In a large bowl, or use the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the eggs on medium-high speed for 30 seconds.
    2 large eggs
  • Add in the sugar and oil, and continue beating on medium speed until well combined, and until it's "fluffy looking" and pale in color; about 1-2 minutes. 
    1 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • Add in the buttermilk, lemon zest, and lemon juice and blend together just until combined. 
    1/2 cup buttermilk, zest of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients along with the shredded zucchini. Beat on low speed, or mix in by hand using a mixing spoon or spatula, just until combined and no flour streaks remain in the batter. 
    1 cup shredded zucchini
  • Evenly divide the lemon zucchini batter between the mini loaf pans (or just dump it all into the large loaf pan if using). 
  • Cook the mini loaf pans for 30-34 minutes OR the large loaf pan for 45-50 minutes. The bread should look done, and when gently pressed with a finger the bread should spring back, and a toothpick inserted into the middle should come out clean or with moist crumbs (not wet batter!). 
  • Let the bread cool for about 15 minutes inside the warm loaf pan, and then remove the bread from the loaf pan and place the bread loaf on a wire cooling rack to cool completely. 

Lemon Glaze

  • Mix together the powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl until well combined and it's a pourable consistency. Add more lemon juice if it's too thick, and add more powdered sugar if it's too thin. Drizzle the lemon glaze over top each cooled lemon zucchini loaf with a fork, or you can transfer the glaze to a Ziploc bag (bottom corner snipped) and glaze it over top. 
    1 cup powdered sugar, juice of 1 lemon

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Notes

Zucchini : I prefer the zucchini peeled so that's what I do, you can also just shred it with the peel on too. If the zucchini is very watery as you are shredding it you may want to dab it gently with a paper towel to soak up any excess water before adding it into the batter. Shred the zucchini using the fine side of a cheese grater. 
Lemons : You will need 2 fresh lemons for this recipe. For best taste use fresh lemon juice and not bottled lemon juice. 
Glaze : If wanted you can use milk instead of lemon juice. Doing this would make the lemon flavor less intense. 

Nutrition

Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 109mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 62IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg