This savory Cheddar Cheese Zucchini Bread is perfectly soft and buttery and packed with flavor! Perfect for enjoying on its own or as a hearty side to comfort foods like Instant Pot Beef Stew or Hibachi Clear Soup.
I love to garden and one staple of my garden is zucchini! It's my favorite veggie, in salads, making zoodles, and baking with it, like this delicious Cheddar Cheese Zucchini Bread Recipe I'm sharing today.
(If you grow squash or zucchini, be sure to check out this post on how to pollinate squash by hand!)
Most of my other zucchini bread recipes tend to be sweeter, like these Chocolate Zucchini Banana Muffins, Almond Banana Zucchini Muffins, or Pumpkin Zucchini Bread.
Not this bread though! This is a nice savory zucchini bread. It reminds me a bit of Red Lobster cheddar biscuits except not as crumbly.
Why I love this recipe
This bread is buttery, cheddar-cheesy, and perfect on its own or with a bowl of soup. To take it even more over the top you could even brush the top with some garlic herb butter, my mouth is already watering!
Ingredients
Nothing fancy here, if you have zucchini and cheese you are ready to bake!
- flour
- baking powder & baking soda
- salt
- zucchini
- garlic
- cheddar cheese
- eggs
- milk
- butter
Step by step
Because this is a quick bread, there is no need for yeast, making this recipe fast to pull together. There's also no need to blot the moisture out of the zucchini which make it even easier!
You simply mix all of the ingredients and pop it in the loaf pan. Top with some extra cheese and into the oven it goes.
One hour later and you're ready to enjoy this savory, cheesy zucchini bread!
Tips
- there's no need to blot the moisture out of the zucchini in this recipe
- sharp or extra sharp cheddar compliments the savory flavor of this bread perfectly
- top with extra cheese if desired
- this bread freezes well so it's a great way to use up extra zucchini in the summer months
FAQs
You can keep this bread in an airtight container up to 3 days at room temperature.
This bread can be frozen as a whole loaf or in single slices. To freeze wrap the bread/slice of bread tightly with two layers of plastic wrap and place in a freezer bag. To thaw a full loaf simply place in the refrigerator overnight. Thaw individual slices in the microwave for 15-30 seconds.
You can make this zucchini bread gluten free by using a gluten free flour blend 1:1 in the recipe.
My preferred way to shred zucchini is with a box grater or using the grater attachment on a mandolin.
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If you’ve tried this recipe please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Cheddar Zucchini Bread
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 12 slices 1x
- Category: bread
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
This savory Cheddar Zucchini Bread is perfectly soft and buttery and packed with flavor!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup shredded zucchini (about one medium-large zucchini)
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic (about 4 cloves)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese plus ¼ cup for sprinkling on top if desired
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Spray a loaf pan (9x5 inch) with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Stir to combine.
- Add zucchini, garlic, 1 cup cheese, eggs, milk, and butter to dry mixture and fold together until completely moistened.
- Pour dough into the prepared pan and smooth with a spatula or back of a spoon. Add additional cheese on top if desired.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until golden and toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Notes
- There is no need to blot or otherwise remove moisture from zucchini in this recipe.
- Brush with garlic butter for even more flavor if desired.
Keywords: cheese zucchini bread
I can't wait for you all to try this recipe and let me know what you think!
*Adapted from Gather for Bread
nana says
anyone make these as muffins?
Melissa Riker says
They are delicious as muffins, I would check the baking time starting at 30 minutes, I do not remember exactly how long they take as muffins
Vanita says
I was wonde6if I could use buttermilk instead of milk.
Amy Wexler says
It’s a great recipe but had to make a second time drained the zucchini and it was much better. I think my garden zucchini are wetter than the store bought ones. Thank you for the recipes! Cheers!
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Melissa Riker says
So glad you liked it!
Deven says
My son is SUPER picky and he loved it! Smells like cheddar biscuits in our house! I am recommending to everyone I know
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Melissa Riker says
So happy you liked it Deven!!
Reina says
This recipe is delicious! My son loves it!
Thank you!
Melissa Riker says
Oh I'm so glad you like it Reina!!
Roger says
I made this bread it came out beautiful but do I need to refrigerate it
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Melissa Riker says
Hi Roger, this bread will keep for two days or so at room temperature or a week in an airtight container in the fridge. Thanks for the question, I will add that info to the recipe, I'm glad you liked the bread!
Jacque Wesolek says
We are doing Keto and wondered if we could use almond flour instead of regular flour? I would also use heavy cream instead of the milk and because I can, I would add bacon!
Melissa Riker says
Hi Jacque, I can't say for sure because there are so many variations of almond flour and I haven't personally tried it. If you happen to try it I'd love if you let me know how it turned out and what brand you used. I will also add it to my (very long) list of things to test too!
Patti says
My mom gave me this link when I told her I had too much zucchini and I'm so glad she did, so savory and tasted amazing warm with butter!
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Jane says
turned out great, so glad to have a recipe to use up all my zucchini from the garden!
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Anna says
Thanks! Perfect way to use up all of the zucchini from my garden!
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Marge says
I made this cheddar zucchini bread according to the recipe. It turned out great and was really good. I put one piece on the countertop and put a glass dome over it and the rest of the bread, I put into the refrigerator wrapped in foil When I went to get it, it had a dark shadow through the middle. It almost looked like mold. What happened?
Melissa says
I'm sorry Marge, I missed this comment last fall. I have no idea what might have caused it, I wonder if it was some sort of reaction to the foil?
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