Cheesy Zucchini Bread - Savory Zucchini Cheese Bread Recipe (2024)

This cheesy zucchini bread is hearty, savory and filled with pepper jack cheese. The perfect way to use up fresh summer zucchini!

I love this time of year.

And no, I’m not talking about summer. I’m talking specifically about the few weeks I like to call zucchini inundation.

It brings me back to childhood, my mom’s garden and the ridiculous amount of zucchini she’d shove into anything and everything we ate.

You guys seem to love this time of year too because zucchini pasta with avocado cream sauce and chocolate zucchini bread are two of the most popular posts on this site.

I don’t even have a garden but I like to pretend by buying up all the locally grown zucchini and then forcing myself to find ways to use it in every meal possible.

This year, one of those ways is this cheesy zucchini bread recipe.

Yeah, I’ve done paleo almond flour zucchini bread, zucchini banana muffins and most recently, these delicious zucchini bars before and while I love those equally, I wanted a savory cheese zucchini bread in contrast to the sweetness of those recipes.

How To Make Zucchini Cheese Bread

This is a classic quick zucchini bread recipe where dry ingredients are mixed in one bowl and wet ingredients in another.

The one extra step I take in making this zucchini cheesy bread is sautéing some red onions with olive oil to add in. The softened red onions along with the zucchini, pepper jack cheese and green onions on top really highlight the savory flavors in the bread.

The bread is baked at 350°F for about an hour and the result is a golden cheesy top and a hearty savory crumb inside.

Simple ingredients that come together in a bold flavored zucchini bread.

Can I Use Different Flours?

I use a mix of all-purpose and whole wheat white flours for the zucchini bread. I would comfortably say substituting all all-purpose flour would be fine and vice versa with all whole wheat white flour.

This recipe hasn’t been tested with any gluten-free flour mixes and certainly not any paleo flours.

If you want a tried and true paleo bread recipe, trypaleo maple peach bread or paleo lemon poppyseed bread.

Can I Add Other Ingredients?

Yeah, definitely!

With a savory bread like this, you could try some roasted garlic, shallots and almost any fresh herb you like in place of or in addition to the ingredients in the zucchini bread recipe.

You could even use yellow summer squash instead of zucchini or a half and half mix.

Can I Use A Different Cheese?

I personally like the little kick of spice from the pepper jack cheese in this zucchini bread but you can definitely swap it out for something else.

Any cheddar would be great. A smoked cheese like the smoked Jarlsberg I used in the grilled Hawaiian chicken earlier this week would also go well if you like the smokiness.

You could even use feta like I did in these zucchini feta olive oil muffins. Love the saltiness of feta with zucchini!

I’d love to know what your go-to zucchini recipes are for this time of year!

I definitely have plans to spiralize some of my zucchini and remake Chinese chicken zoodles and these simple zucchini noodles with creamy roasted tomato sauce for easy dinners.

And, I definitely want to make this zucchini ricotta bake again because – heck yes to fresh ricotta!!

But I’m determined to come up with a few new to me creations too so please, inspire me with your suggestions/ideas!

Love this delicious cheesy zucchini bread recipe?

Try one of these other zucchini recipes this summer too:
Skillet Zucchini Pesto Pizza
Bruschetta Hummus Stuffed Zucchini
Zucchini Pesto
Thai Chicken Zucchini Noodles