{"id":1468,"date":"2012-06-25T18:18:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T18:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2026-10-18T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:58:27","slug":"zucchini-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/zucchini-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Zucchini Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 med zucch (peeled and grated) &#8211; about 2 cups<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 C \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/grandpas-hh-pancakes\/\">Grandpa&#8217;s Healthy Happy Pancake<\/a> Premix<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 C AP flour<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C canola oil plus oil to drizzle<\/li>\n<li>2 C granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>3 tsp cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>2 T lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C buttermilk (alt: whole milk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Sift together flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and cinnamon &#8211; Set aside<\/li>\n<li>Mix oil, sugar, zucchini and vanilla &#8211; Set aside<\/li>\n<li>Beat eggs until completely blended<\/li>\n<li>Fold in zucchini mixture<\/li>\n<li>Fold in flour mixture<\/li>\n<li>Pour into two well greased loaf pans<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 400\u00ba for about 45 minutes &#8211; or until knife comes out clean<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NOTE:\u00a0 I&#8217;ve seen recipes that say to cook at 450\u00ba for 30 minutes.\u00a0 Another recipe said 350\u00ba for an hour.\u00a0 The chemistry of what is happening is this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At higher temperatures, for a shorter time, the outside cooks more quickly, leaving the inside not completely cooked<\/li>\n<li>At lower temperatures, for a longer time, everything cooks completely, but the bread tends to evaporate and dry out<\/li>\n<li>Banana and Zucchini bread is a balancing act.\u00a0 Find what works best for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\">A VERY\u00a0 SIMILAR RECIPE FROM ARIZONA REPUBLIC<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1879322763081493973\" data-legacy-message-id=\"1a14b2188fc72dd5\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\" \">\n<div id=\":gh\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":gi\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div id=\"avWBGd-85\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jalape\u00f1o Cheddar Zucchini Bread<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Hetty Lui McKinnon, The New York Times, via &#8220;Recipe of the Week&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nonstick cooking spray<\/li>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups (6 oz) grated sharp cheddar, plus extra for the top<\/li>\n<li>2\u20133 tbsp finely chopped canned pickled jalape\u00f1os, plus 1 whole pickled jalape\u00f1o, thinly sliced, for the top<\/li>\n<li>2 scallions, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup sour cream<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup extra-virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>2 cups coarsely grated zucchini (about 1 medium)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat the oven to 350\u00b0F. Spray a 9\u00d74-inch loaf pan and line it with parchment.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Fold in the cheese, chopped jalape\u00f1os and scallions.<\/li>\n<li>In a second large bowl, whisk the sour cream, olive oil and egg until smooth. Add the dry mixture and the zucchini, then fold gently just until no dry flour remains.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon the batter into the pan, spread it into the corners, and smooth the top. Sprinkle with extra cheddar and scatter the sliced jalape\u00f1o over it.<\/li>\n<li>Bake 50\u201355 minutes, until the top is lightly golden and a toothpick comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Cool in the pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Serve warm or at room temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 1 med zucch (peeled and grated) &#8211; about 2 cups 1-1\/2 C \u00a0Grandpa&#8217;s Healthy Happy Pancake Premix 1-1\/2 C AP flour 3 eggs 1\/2 C canola oil plus oil to drizzle 2 C granulated sugar 2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1\/2 tsp baking powder 3 tsp cinnamon 2 T &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/zucchini-bread\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Zucchini Bread&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23865,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/23865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}