Looking for a soft homemade bread? You will love this Savory Zucchini Bread, which is perfect for big breakfasts!
Bread making is one of my addictions since I LOVE that tempting smell of bread baking in oven. When the whole house is filled with that smell, I feel that our home becomes a real home where lots of family members live in. Right, I miss the times when all my family members including grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins used to gather and have great meals together. My grandma would bake scrumptious breads then and it was a real joy for all of us to have those breads right from oven! You know what? My grandma would make butter too from the milk of her own cows. Freshly baked homemade bread rolls paired with homemade butter, can you imagine that? A breakfast to die for!
Who doesn’t love a little butter melting on a newly baked bread? When you know that it uses a healthy savory zucchini bread recipe, you can feel less guilty!
I use whole wheat flour when making breads. And this time we made this soft and fluffy savory zucchini loaf! I can hear you asking how it becomes that fluffy with whole wheat flour. The secret is grated zucchini inside. It gives a super softness to the bread. So I have another healthy and soft bread with whole wheat flour now!
You just need some time to make this zucchini bread since you will wait the dough twice; both after kneading it and after dividing it into balls.
You see how it rises after 40 minutes. It’s ready to go into oven now!
If you love to make your own bread, you must give this zucchini bread a try! You can use all purpose flour too if you are a fan of cotton like white breads. Just be careful with the amount of water then, you might need to use less.
We made this zucchini bread last weekend and wanted to double our joy by having it in an open area. Then, completely out of the blue, we decided to have a picnic in our favorite park in Eskisehir. Our last picnic was last Summer and we missed it a lot! Since it was a sudden decision, we didn’t spend long hours to prepare things; unlike a typical Turkish picnic with barbecue and lots of meat, it would be a simple picnic with our zucchini bread, cheese, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and a little jam with us. And we took Turkish tea in a flask as a drink. It was a wonderful brunch for us and we will be doing it often until our baby comes.
📖 Recipe
Savory Zucchini Bread
INGREDIENTS
- 3 zucchinis grated (2 ½ cup when squeezed)
- 1 teaspoon salt for zucchinis
- 6 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon dry instant yeast
- ½ cup kasar cheese or parmesan grated
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ½ cup lukewarm water
Coating:
- 2 tablespoon yogurt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon nigella seeds
- 1 teaspoon butter for the pan
INSTRUCTIONS
- Grate zucchinis into a strainer, sprinkle salt on it and wait 15 minutes so that it releases excessive juice.
- Squeeze grated zucchinis with your hands after 15 minutes.
- Mix flour, yeast, cheese, salt and sesame seeds in a large bowl.
- Toss in zucchinis and mix.
- Add in olive oil and water. Mix with your hand.
- Knead it for about 10 minutes.
- You can add a little extra water or flour to have a soft dough.
- Cover it and wait for 1 hour.
- Sift a little flour on the counter and divide the dough into 7 balls.
- Butter the cake pan and place dough balls into it giving a flower shape.
- Mix yogurt and 1 tablespoon olive oil and brush the tops of balls with this mixture.
- Sprinkle sesame and nigella seeds on it.
- Cover it and wait for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven at 200C.
- Bake it until golden, for 50 minutes.
- Cool it on a wire rack.
NUTRITION
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Marie says
I discovered it yesterday (looked it up really, I remembered having a vegetarian cookbook mentioning a zucchini bread back in the late 1980s-early 1990s and had fond memories of the recipe, but lost the book in one of my many international moves) and had to bake it right away. I halved the recipe which still gave me more than enough for my family of 4's breakfast today. It's perfect, I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks for sharing!
Zerrin says
Thank you Marie! I know that feeling when you lost a recipe. I'm so glad that you loved the recipe. It's one of our favorites as well. We enjoy it with butter when it's still hot.
Bob says
I have no clue as to what nigella seeds are and absolutely no chance if finding them where I live (Merida, Mexico). What can I sub for these?
Zerrin says
You can use black sesame seeds or poppy seeds if you can find or just leave it out.
Sarah says
Delish! I can't wait to try it this weekend. And that photo of you and your husband - aww, it warms my heart 🙂
Zerrin says
Hi Sarah, this is a bit moist soft bread and a great way to make zucchini haters eat zucchini. That photo of us was taken a year ago, now our son is already 10 months old! Can't believe it myself!
Vava says
Found your recipe on feastie.com - Just baked this bread, thank you for the great recipe and mouth-watering pictures!
Used vegan mozzarella cheese instead of real one, and mixed regularflour with oat flour (didn't have enough, so had to grate some oat flakes 🙂
Used way more seeds than the recipe calls for - it's just my thing, putting different seeds everywhere they can go 🙂
The bread raised very well and is truly fluffy!
lisaiscooking says
Homemade bread with homemade butter would be amazing! Your zucchini bread looks delicious and perfect for a picnic.
Zerrin says
Hi Lisa! That combination is unforgettable! I still remember it with all my senses! It turned our picnic to a great feast! We will definitely make it again!
Monet says
This looks simply amazing. Now to go and track down some zucchinis so I can make this...and soon! Thank you so much for sharing, my friend!
Zerrin says
I know you love baking Monet, so it will be so easy to make this bread for you! You will love the softness zucchini gives to it!
Tracy | Peanut Butter and Onion says
Fluffy Zucchini Bread... oh MY!!!! this looks delightful!
Zerrin says
Thank you Tracy!
Ozlem's Turkish Table says
Yummy Zerrin! I have had many sweet zucchini breads and it is now wonderful to get the savory version too, looks so delicious! Big fan of nigella and sesame seeds, this one is a keeper : )
Zerrin says
You know what? I've never had sweet zucchini bread, I always use zucchini in savory treats. I added a little sesame inside bread and it gave a nice flavor!
Bam's Kitchen says
I love the little individual rolls of zucchini bread. How delicious. I can tell it has a little crispy crust and chewy inside from those awesome pictures your hubby took. What a super guy to help you will your site and photography. I just get excited if my family doesn't eat something before I have a chance to get a photo. Have a super weekend. BAM
Zerrin says
Thank you Bam! He is always my biggest assistant at home! And I become his assistant when he's shooting 🙂 I know that feeling, I make sure that he's full before starting taking pictures! Wish you a nice weekend!
Turkey's For Life says
Well you got me right at the start with the warm bread and melting butter! 🙂 Love the look of this zucchini bread - and isn't it just great when the weather turns and it's picnic season again. 🙂
Julia
Zerrin says
Newly baked bread and melting butter makes a perfect breakfast itself! Hopefully, we can have real picnics with lots of meat before the birth!
Nupur says
I am dying to make this Zucchini bread now. After a failed attempt with Zucchini n baking, I have never been able to gather courage to try it on again. After reading your experience, am so looking forward to make it again. Hopefully for good this time 🙂
Zerrin says
I'm sure you will have a great result this time! And it will be one of your favorites!