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5 minute Zucchini Blender Bread Recipe – No Grains, No Added Sugar
How many of you are growing zucchini this year?
And how many of you have more zucchini than you know what to do with?!
*hand raised* ME!!!
So I set out to create a zucchini bread recipe to use up some of my garden zucchini.
And I am so happy about how this zucchini bread turned out! It meets all 3 of my requirements for being easy, healthy and delicious.
In fact, it’s SO easy that all it takes is 5 minutes and a blender!
I’m calling this my 5 minute zucchini blender bread and I think it might be my easiest bread recipe yet. Yes, it’s even easier than the no grains, no added sugar, easy and amazing banana bread, which I didn’t think was possible. By the way, if you haven’t made that yet, you may want to. It’s my most popular and most loved recipe! (Click HERE for my banana bread recipe)
Anyway, this zucchini blender bread is SO yummy that I made it 3 times in one weekend. And it got big thumbs up from everyone I served it to, including a bunch of little ones who gobbled it up and asked for more.
But one of the best parts about this zucchini blender bread recipe is that it contains NO added sugar. Not even honey or maple syrup! It’s 100% naturally sweetened by the dates. Love that!
So if you have 5 minutes to spare, grab your blender, grab a zucchini and let’s make zucchini blender bread! 🙂
5 minute Zucchini Blender Bread Recipe (No Grains, No Added Sugar)
- 1 medium zucchini, cut in half and seeds scraped out with a spoon then cut into chunks
- 4 eggs
- 12 pitted dates (I use THESE)
- ¼ cup melted butter, ghee or coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup coconut flour (I use THIS)
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- optional add-in's: 1/3 cup chocolate chips, walnuts or any other nuts or seeds
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add zucchini chunks, dates, eggs, butter, and vanilla to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Add the coconut flour, cinnamon, baking soda, apple cider vinegar and sea salt and blend once again until thoroughly mixed.
- If you are using any add-in's. Add them now and briefly stir.
- Pour into a regular sized well greased (or parchment lined) loaf pan (I use THIS loaf pan) and bake for 60 minutes. Enjoy!
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About how many cups of zucchini? I have a huge one so i was going to use some of that.
3 cups
Cannot wait to try this as soon as we get back from vacation! I love recipes that use ingredients I already have on hand. Sounds amazing!
Hope you love it!!
Hi Kelly,
I have this sitting on the table right now. Just want to thank you for the idea. I never get out of the grocery store without a bunch of zucchini so I’m sure I will be making this regularly.
They taste good and my family loves it! Good addition to my list of bread recipe.
Yay!
i am ready to make this now but med size zucchini is not clear…approximately how many cups? looks awesome and just today i decided to cut back on sweeteners…perfect!
Hi Jill! I’ve made this recipe a lot and every time my zucchini has been a little different size – some have been bigger and some have been a little smaller (got to love homegrown zucchini!). This is a really forgiving recipe. Just don’t use the huge, giant zucchini’s and be sure to scrape out all the seeds and you’ll be fine. I actually did use a giant zucchini one of the times, but I just used half of it. Next time I make this, I’ll measure the zucchini in my measuring cup and get an approximate measure and update the recipe to reflect that. But in the meantime, I promise you that this really is a very forgiving recipe.
3 cups
I made this today using about 3 cups of 1″ cubed zucc. I also added scant 1 teaspoon of baking powder hoping for a fluffier top. It was good! I think I need a few more dates to satisfy the hubby’s sweet tooth, and the coconut flour texture takes getting used to over traditional recipes, but I LOVED the blender idea. No more endless shredding! I may have to try a traditional recipe using the blender method. Lord knows I have enough zucchini to experiment! Thank you (and I love your haircut in the photo with your squash).
Great to hear, Janet! I love the blender method, too! I always hated shredding zucchini, too and I’m always trying to find easier/faster ways around recipes – don’t have time for all that fuss 😉
Just made this and now I’m waiting for it to cool! I can’t wait!!
Hope you like it, Mical!
Any thoughts on substitutions for the dates? I was going to try stevia or a banana. It’ll be a great recipe for the oodles of zucchini!
I don’t think you could go wrong with either (or both)! I think I would probably try a banana and a few drops of stevia. If the batter is looking too liquidy, add an extra tablespoon or two of coconut flour.
Is this a freezable recipe?
Yes!
Hi Kelly- can’t wait to try this with all the zucchini we have this summer! Fresh out of dates right now- do you think dried figs might work as a sweetener?
Hi Stephanie! Same thing happened to me last weekend – well almost the same thing. I only had 4 dates left so I used them and added 4 figs. It turned out great! I would use about 6-8 figs if I only was using figs.
Hey Kelly- Thanks for the tip with the dates and figs. The combo was perfect! I’m back to tell you that I made this recipe again today because I loved it so much, but I made it into muffins! I experimented with some new flavors and made them chai-spiced and they are the BOMB! I just added some ginger, cardamom, black pepper, and nutmeg to the cinnamon and the flavors came together so nicely with the bread!
I’ll definitely be doing some more experimenting with flavors with this bread as a base 🙂
ohmigosh, I must try your chai spiced!!! I am obsessed with all things chai!!
I used 2 bananas instead of the dates and it came out awesome. I also added some almonds (soaked) and vita-mixed the woogies out of it 🙂 came out great. I am a fan of your banana bread also, it is a weekly staple around here.
Thank you for your wonderful recipes 🙂
Love that you made this your own and your substitutions worked, I think I’m low on dates, might switch some out for a banana!! Thanks!
I have some zucchini in the fridge and not sure what to do with it. I intended on making zucchini pizza crust so I shredded 1 large one. Do you think I can use that, eventhough I shredded the entire suzzhini without removing the seeds?
As well, I dont have cocoonut flour. I have actually never tried it. I dont have any flours at home since I rarely use the oven or even make desserts. I have homemade oat flour and almond flour however. Can I use this instead? I also think coconut flour is a little expensive for me right now.
Thank you!
Hi Claudia! I don’t think this recipe will work for what you are working with. If the seeds are left in the zucchini, it makes this bread way too moist – almost wet. Also coconut flour is a very unique flour and does not substitute with any other flours. I think you will be much better off looking for a grain-free almond flour zucchini bread recipe 🙂
Thank you for the super fast response! I am very intrigued by coconut flour… am going to have to get my hands on it sooner or later. I am going to use my zucchini to make some fritters instead 🙂 Thanks !
oooo, I love that idea!! Now I want zucchini fritters 🙂
I wish I had the nutritional info. Thanks for the recipe!
Julie
Hi! We love this recipe! 😀 Any suggestions on a ‘frosting’ (something ‘healthy’ / ‘primal’? Not sure what could hold up and NOT melt on this.
Thanks!
Hi Virginia! Funny you should ask because I just made this this past weekend and put a caramel glaze on top of it. Ohmigosh, it was SO GOOD!! I used my caramel glaze from my pumpkin bread recipe >> http://www.primallyinspired.com/grain-free-pumpkin-bread-with-caramel-glaze/
I also have a marshmallow-vanilla type icing that is really versatile and goes with pretty much anything. It’s kind of the consistency of marshmallow fluff (and tastes like it, too). Here’s the recipe (scroll down to icing), but just leave out the orange zest >> http://www.primallyinspired.com/orange-cream-cupcakes-grain-dairy-nut-free-paleo-gluten-free/
And there’s always chocolate frosting. This frosting is SO good, but just warning you, it has a ton of butter >> http://www.seedsofrealhealth.com/homemade-chocolate-frosting/
A super simple chocolate icing is 1 cup chocolate chips, 1/3 cup coconut oil and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract. Melt everything in a pot. Refrigerate for 20 minutes and then whip with a mixer until it’s nice and fluffy. So good!
Hope one of them sounds good and can work for you 🙂
Hi Kelly,
I’m so excited about making this recipe! I’ve recently started eating clean and have lost 17 pds so far! I don’t eat anything processed and am looking for things I can have occasionally in addition to my fruits and vegys. I bought all the ingredients to make this but accidentally grabbed pitted plums instead of the pitted dates. I’m hoping it will work, what do you think?
Thanks!
Sandy
I would think it would work, Sandy! And congrats on your success with eating clean – that is so awesome!!!
Thank you! I feel great! Thanks for taking the time to post all that you do. It’s nice to have a place to go for ideas. 🙂
I’m getting ready to make the bread and will let you know how it turns out.
Sandy
It came out great with the pitted plums! I made the Caramel glaze to go over it….heavenly!!
Can’t wait to make the pumpkin bread! 🙂
Oh that is awesome!! So happy! Now I want to find some pitted plums lol 🙂
Hi Kelly, thank you for this recipe. I tried it today and it’s nice. Maybe it was a little too moist for my taste and even though I only had 10 dates it is very sweet for me.
For people like me who prefers weights to the uncertainty of cups:
350 g net zucchini without the core (next time I’ll do 270-280 grams)
140 g dates with no pits (only 10, next time I’ll do 100 g about 6-7 dates)
60 g coconut flour
rest of the ingredients as per recipe.
Thank you so much for this, Francesca!! Also, the longer the bread sits, the more it “firms” up. I actually prefer this the next day rather than just out of the oven so it has a chance to firm up better 🙂
I’m so excited about this bread!
I just made some and I’m wondering if I didn’t bake it long enough (maybe my oven isn’t as hot as I think).
It turned out to be a little soggy – almost like a bread pudding consistency. Any ideas for next time?
I followed the recipe and a toothpick came out clean after 60 minutes.
Either way it’s very yummy and I will work with it!
Thanks!
Hi Julie! It could be that it needed to bake longer. Also, it firms up the longer it sits. So maybe this morning it will be at a better consistency? I hope so! 🙂
Can I skip the dates? I don’t like sweet bread with ham and cheese!
Linda
You could, Linda, but I’m not sure how it would taste. Might be good or it might be really bad! But the recipe will still work without the dates.
I love you! I think you have saved my life!
Finally some recipes I can eat!
I am so excited!!!!
I bought two of the top paleo recipe books …. yuck!
I have been eating the same foods that I can count on two hands for 2 months… I am sick of it!
Someone who loves food as much as I do can become so depressed and frustrated when you are under the false impression that, “I’ll never be able to eat again”!
… and due to my long work days, I hate to cook (would be different if I had all day to do it) but these recipes are easy!
I am allergic to almond flour (almonds) … all your recipes use coconut flour and arrowroot! woot! woot! woot!
I picked up some tips about other substituions for my many food allergies as well!
THANK-YOU! THANK-YOU! THANK-YOU!
Elle, I am so happy you left me a comment and I hope you continue to find awesome recipes that you can eat and enjoy! I feel like we are 2 peas in a pod – I am a total food lover, too 😀 xoxo, Kelly
Had anyone tried this with egg substitutes? I usually use gelatin eggs but not sure if it can replace 4 eggs!
OMG! I knew this was going to be good when I could smell it in my whole apartment. I was unsure of it at first though because of how healthy the recipe is. Most healthy things I bake don’t turn out THAT great. But this is AMAZING! I added chocolate chips for a little extra sweetness. But this straight up tastes like regular zucchini bread. My only issue with it is it’s very crumbly…it fell apart when I took it out of the pan so getting photos taken of it is kind of out of the question now. oh well!
I’m not afraid to share this one with my coworkers! I think they’ll be impressed! Thank you for sharing!
Ashley, this makes me so happy to hear!!! Woohoo! It should firm up after a few hours or overnight – I hope that’s what happened for you, too 🙂
This is so flipping good! I can’t stop eating it! I added about 1/4 tsp of both cloves and powdered ginger in addition to some walnuts. Your recipes are fantastic! Love your website.
Awesome, Nicole!! Love your additions 🙂
This looks awesome, was wondering what I was going to do with all my zuchinni. Just bought dates today ,looking forward to trying it with figs, too.
Awesome! I hope you love it 🙂 If you are a chocolate lover, I just posted my grain free chocolate zucchini bread recipe today, too http://www.primallyinspired.com/grain-free-chocolate-zucchini-bread-paleo/
Hi – just wondering if you know the Carb count on this bread?? I LOVE Zucchini Bread!
Mine fell 🙁 I read that it will firm up upon sitting which is good to know. it is rather dense fresh out of the oven and sunk in the middle after an hour of baking. Help!? This was the easiest to prepare I want it to work so badly
Oh no! It will definitely firm up after sitting, but I’m not sure why yours fell. There’s a couple reasons why some baking things fall, but most often it’s because there’s too much moisture. I wonder if that’s the case? Maybe your eggs were bigger than usual? I have no idea! I hope you like the taste of it, though 🙂
Seriously…you must try this…I have made it four times now! I am now making it again to bring with us on our 6 hour road trip.
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This bread was absolutely delicious! The best Paleo/Whole 30 compliant bread out there.
So happy to hear this, Hannah! Thanks for your comment!
What a great loaf it turned out! Lovely topped with peanut butter 🙂
So happy to hear this, Agne! I’ve never tried it with peanut butter and think it’s a great idea!
Just put this in the oven. Is the batter supposed to be so thick – almost like biscuit dough? My traditional recipe usually made something more like cake batter.
Now, I did substitute 2/3 c canned pumpkin for the zucchini. Maybe that wasn’t enough? It was thick enough I had to stir it by hand once I added the dry ingredients. My poor little decade-old Cuisinart just wasn’t up to the coconut flour!
Hi have you tried this in a bread machine. It gets very hot in Arizona so I like to keep it cool baking itbin the bread machine if possible.
I have not, Elizabeth. Anyone else out there tried it? We’d love to hear from you!
I just finished getting the bread/cake out of the oven. I am diabetic, so I used 1/4 cup peanut butter and 1/2 cup erythritol sweetener instead of the dates. It came out wonderful. I’m going to make a cream cheese frosting and take it to my Monday night meeting.
Thank you for a great recipe.
Oh wow, those are great substitutions, Donna! Thank you for sharing!