Moist and flavorful Lemon Zucchini Bread is one of our favorite quick bread recipes during the summer months! Enjoy it for dessert, as a snack, or even for breakfast or brunch.

Lemon Zucchini Bread with two slices cut away.

The lemon zucchini combination in this Lemon Zucchini Bread is just downright delicious! It’s so much better than anything you could buy at a store, and it’s easy to make, too.

How to Make Lemon Zucchini Bread:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 8 x 4 inch loaf pan. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. In another bowl, combine sugar and lemon zest and stir well. 
A mixing bowl with sifted dry ingredients to make lemon zucchini bread, next to another photo of a bowl with sugar and lemon zest.
  • Add eggs, oil, and lemon juice and stir until smooth. Stir in the dry ingredients until combined. Fold the zucchini into the batter and pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. 
Eggs, lemon juice and oil mixed in a bowl next to another photo of dry ingredients and shredded zucchini added to the batter.
  • Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to rest in the pan for 10 minutes before removing the loaf onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
  • While the bread is cooling, make the glaze by combining the powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the bread. Slice and serve.
Lemon zucchini bread batter added to a loaf pan, next to another photo of glaze being drizzled over the baked loaf.

Freezing Instructions:

Allow to cool completely, wrap in plastic wrap and store in a freezer safe container for 2-3 months. Thaw on countertop (or for a few seconds on defrost in the microwave).

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Lemon Zucchini Bread is one of our favorite quick bread recipes during the summer months! This super flavorful and moist bread tastes great for dessert, as a snack, or even for breakfast or brunch. | tastesbetterfromscratch.com
Prep 15 minutes
Cook 45 minutes
Total 1 hour
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (or half white whole wheat flour)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • Zest of 1 large lemon
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup oil (vegetable or canola oil)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 cup grated zucchini* (unpeeled)

Glaze:

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 8 x 4 inch loaf pan. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
  • In another bowl, combine sugar and lemon zest and stir well. 
  • Add eggs, oil, and lemon juice and stir until smooth. Stir in the dry ingredients until combined. 
  • Fold the zucchini into the batter and pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. 
  • Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 
  • Allow to rest in the pan for 10 minutes before removing the loaf onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
  • While the bread is cooling, make the glaze by combining the powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl until smooth. 
  • Drizzle the glaze over the bread. Slice and serve.

Notes

Zucchini: If the shredded zucchini seems extra wet, gather it an paper towels and squeeze it out over the sink.
Freezing Instructions: Allow to cool completely, wrap in plastic wrap and store in a freezer safe container for 2-3 months. Thaw on countertop (or for a few seconds on defrost in the microwave).

Nutrition

Calories: 239kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 2gFat: 10gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 161mgPotassium: 74mgSugar: 22gVitamin A: 60IUVitamin C: 2.7mgCalcium: 17mgIron: 0.9mg

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I originally shared this recipe July 2017. Updated April 2021 with process photos and improved instructions.

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  1. 5 stars
    Very nice. I made it vegan with flax eggs, and substituted 1/2 cup of oat flour, and reduced the sugar to 1/2 cup.

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