Snickerdoodle Zucchini Bread
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This easy snickerdoodle zucchini bread recipe makes two loaves of snickerdoodle bread. Each slice is moist, tasty, cinnamon-sweet, and oh-so filling.
Zucchini is a difficult word to spell, let me just start with that. It’s that crazy veggie that everyone grows, knowing full well it will multiply like fishes and loaves come harvest time and we’ll have it running out our ears, which causes us to run for more zucchini recipes. Well boy howdy, I’m here to be your best friend!
This snickerdoodle zucchini bread is pretty simple and straightforward and the recipe makes two loaves. It’s cinnamony, sweet, dense, and moist. If your family balks at the name, just drop the “zucchini” and call it “snickerdoodle bread”. It’s all in how you present it.
If you can limit yourself to one slice, it can be a treat if you want a snickerdoodle bread that has lower carbs than a typical recipe.
While we’re on the topic of zucchini recipes, check out my other zucchini bread recipe, stuffed zucchini boats, low-carb baked zucchini fries, or make a big bowl of zucchini and squash. Now let’s get baking!
Recipe Ingredients
- Vegetable oil (I like to use coconut oil, unrefined if you like the coconut taste and refined if you don’t)
- Eggs
- Granulated sugar
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour (you can use almond or coconut flour too if you like. Will be a bit more dense)
- Cinnamon
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Zucchini
Helpful Kitchen Tools
How to Make Snickerdoodle Zucchini Bread
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two standard-sized loaf pans and set them aside.
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In a large bowl, beat the oil, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract until well combined.
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In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and whisk to combine.
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Pour the flour mixture into the egg mixture and beat again until fully mixed. The batter will be thick.
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Shred your zucchini with one of these shredders, add to mixture and beat once more until incorporated.
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In a small bowl, combine the topping ingredients.
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Pour half the batter into the prepared pans and sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
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Cover with the remaining batter and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon and sugar.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow the bread to cool before slicing. The serving size is 1 slice.
Enjoy this easy-to-make and yummy to taste snickerdoodle zucchini bread.
Storage
This may be one of the best parts, but when stored in an airtight container in the fridge, snickerdoodle bread will last for at least a week. It also freezes so well, for up to 4 months. Just make sure you store slices in a freezer-safe container or double-wrapped to avoid freezer burn. This is another option I like for an airtight containers.
Recipe Notes
- Substitute the baking powder for cream of tartar to give the snickerdoodle zucchini bread a lighter and more cake-like texture. You can also add 1/4 teaspoon to your topping ingredients.
- You can use almond or coconut flour too to make it gluten free.
- To decrease the sugar content even more you can use Swerve or other sugar substitutes instead of regular sugar.
- As you probably know by now, I’m a big fan of coconut oil. In this instance, its light and sweet taste really help make this bread taste like a snickerdoodle cookie.
- If you want, adapt this recipe and bake your bread in a smaller loaf pan or muffin pan. Your cooking time will reduce to about 25 minutes for both, but double-check at the 20-minute mark.
- If you want to up the cinnamon taste of the bread, fold 1 1/2 cups of cinnamon chips into the batter after you add the grated zucchini.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups zucchini about 1 large zucchini, grated
Topping
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two standard-sized loaf pans and set them aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the oil, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract until well combined.1 cup vegetable oil, 3 eggs, 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, allspice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and whisk to combine.3 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt
- Pour the flour mixture into the egg mixture and beat again until fully mixed. The batter will be thick. Add zucchini and beat once more until incorporated.2 cups zucchini
- In a small bowl, combine the topping ingredients.1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Pour half the batter into the prepared pans and sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Cover with the remaining batter and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon and sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow the bread to cool before slicing. The serving size is 1 slice.
Nutrition
Have you tried making the bread as muffins?
I haven’t but I bet they would be fabulous!
Hi, I see 1/2 tsp. of allspice but I don’t see where it’s added?
You can add it to the rest of the dry ingredients. I adjusted the recipe to make it more clear. Thanks for the question. I appreciate it!
Thank you very much I did figurie it out by re-reading the recipe. I just put them in the oven I will come back and let you know how they were
Stacey, these breads are/were delicious. I gave one to my sons family and I split the other one with my brother and his wife. Yum, yum……
Wow!! So glad I found this recipe. I’ve made it twice with fresh zucchini from the garden and the family went absolutely nuts. I did make a few tweaks based on preference. Instead of vegetable oil, I used coconut oil (as I didn’t have vegetable oil on hand). I subbed 3 cups flour for 1.5 cups sprouted wheat, 1/2 cup bran, and 1 cup unbleached flour. My family loves bran muffins and hearty breads, so I took a chance and tried it. Absolutely amazing. Not dry at all!! My husband also loves nuts so I added some pecan chips and a little dark chocolate chips for my son. I skipped the mid-layer sugar/cinnamon sprinkle because I added the chocolate chips. However, the sugar on top MAKES this bread. Do not skip that, it’s absolutely wonderful. This is my knew “go to” recipe. Soooo good!
So glad you loved it and I love your substitutions!
WOWWW this is SWEET! I haven’t tasted the baked product yet but a finger lick out of the bowl (because why not) left a very lingering sweet taste. Also the topping of a full half cup sugar and tsp of cinnamon…I cut it in half and still had plenty left over. Maybe I’m conservative on my sugar scale but in case you are subbing applesauce for oil or just would rather not have something so sweet, I’d recommend cutting the sugar a bit. Other than that I can report back on the finished product. The balance of the rest of the flavors tasted GREAT so I’m excited to see what comes out of the oven!
Do you squeeze the zucchini before adding to the batter or leave it wet?
I have t tried to make this yet but I’m going to! I just wanted to say thank you for you putting the ingredients an how much underneath the directions as you go!!! I hate always having to scroll back up to see how much of what I need then go all the way back down to the directions. So thank you because this way is amazing!!
You are so welcome. I am glad you find the that addition to the recipe card helpful 🙂
Me toooo! Thanks for doing that it saved a lot of time!
How many servings is the recipe? You list the nutritional information for 1 slice but now how many slices are estimated in a loaf
I would say 8-12 slices depending on how thick you like them.
Hope you enjoy!