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Zucchini Bread

My maternal grandmother was a fantastic baker.  She was a nurse by trade, but during her free time, she often could be found baking something delicious. There were many things my grandmother made that I loved, but she hands down made the best zucchini bread. Zucchini bread is considered a quick bread, which means any bread that has been leavened with leavening agents other than yeast or eggs.

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My boys eat banana bread, another quick bread that I make often like I once ate zucchini bread as a kid.  Zucchini bread was one of my favorite treats when I was a child, but I only had it when I saw my grandmother; so it was special.  My grandmother came from a farming family in the Midwest.  In addition to cattle, her family grew lots of vegetables.

Being raised in NYC, zucchini bread was not typically available.  We ate chocolate babka.  My grandmother passed away a few years ago after a long and sad battle with Alzheimer’s. I miss my grandmother and I miss her zucchini bread.  Sadly, I never asked my grandmother about her famous bread.  She knew I loved it, I told her often, but I never asked how she made it or where the recipe came from.

I have many of my grandmother’s old cookbooks and many of her original recipes handwritten on index cards worn and stained from years ago.  But nowhere in all of her belongings could I find this one.  So this is a recipe I developed with my grandmother in mind.  It is not her incredible bread that I remember so fondly, but it is close and most importantly, it reminds me of her.

Apparently National Zucchini Bread Day is not until April 25th.  Until I started blogging, I had absolutely no idea zucchini bread was given its own day of recognition, but it has.  So I’m off by a few months; but that’s ok, this post is more about my grandmother anyway.

zucchini bread

(This post is in memory of my maternal grandmother, Helen Catherine McLimans, 1917-2008)

About the Author

Andrea Potischman

I am a professionally trained NYC chef turned CA mom and food blogger. I post about real food, with doable ingredient lists that are family friendly.

4 thoughts on "Zucchini Bread"

  1. Avatar photo Anita says:

    Egg substitute for zucchini bread..

    1. Hi Anita- Thanks for e-mailing. Ener-G Egg Replacer or Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer is an option. There are other binders you can try such as baking soda and vinegar (I use this one often for my neice with allergies): Use 1 teaspoon of baking soda mixed with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar in place of one egg. I hope this helps.

  2. Avatar photo Sara Leslie says:

    can I use all regular flour???

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