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4.9 from 41 reviews

Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread

1 hour 1 minute
cucumber
By: Pamela Reed
Posted:8/24/18
Updated:7/9/24
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Sugar Glazed CUCUMBER Bread recipe that’s delicious and moist inside. It tastes like zucchini bread, but it’s made with 1 cup grated cucumber.  This healthy dessert recipe is easy to make and is a great way to use up cucumbers.  A optional sugar glaze is poured on top once baked! 

cucumber bread with sugar frosting glaze on top

Cucumber Bread Recipe

I saw a few baby cucumbers growing on the vine last weekend but somehow those babies transformed to multiple large cucumbers in just a few days, ready to be picked and enjoyed.   My Half Sour Pickle recipe is a favorite way to use cucumbers, but I wanted to explore how to bake with cucumbers!

You’re going to love this Cucumber Dessert recipe. Cucumber Bread is similar to Zucchini Bread, but instead is made with grated cucumbers.  After the bread cools, a delicious powdered sugar glaze is poured on top to make it really special.  

4.86 from 41 reviews
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A friend of mine from church had a surplus of cucumbers and gifted me a bunch of them. While searching Mr. Google for recipes, I came upon your Cucumber Bread. This is a delicious recipe. Everyone who has tried it is very happy! As a matter of fact, I’m baking another batch now.🙂Thanks so much for sharing!!

Karen
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Some people have commented they’ve made the bread without the sugar icing and still loved it, so it’s optional (although I highly prefer you try it!)   This recipe is perfect for Mom and Dad, but also perfect for toddlers and kids! Even my 2 year old loves a piece of this for breakfast in the morning!

moist cucumber bread on white background

Want to bake with more veggies? Also try my: Cottage Cheese Dill Bread, Green Tomato Pie (tastes like apple pie), Frosted Cucumber Cookies, Spinach Cupcakes, Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies and Fudgy Kidney Bean Brownies too.

How to Make Cucumber Bread

This recipe calls for 1 cup grated cucumber.  If you have never grated a cucumber I’m going to walk you through it quickly. You’ll probably 2-3 small cucumbers or 1-2 large cucumbers to equal 1 cup.

cucumbers on white table

Next peel the cucumber.  Have you ever seen a cucumber nude before?! Well now you have.  I just use my potato peeler for this.

cucumber peeled open

Now remove the seeds with a spoon.  Make sure to get all those seedy watery guts out too.  

cucumber with seeds removed with spoon

Grate the cucumber until you get 1 cup worth. I use my cheese grater for this.  Cucumbers are watery so this gets a little messy.

grated cucumber in measuring cup with grater behind it

Tip!

Grated cucumber freezes great!  So if you have a bunch of cucumbers, you can grate them, throw into individual 1 cup freezer bags and make this bread throughout the Winter!

Now, this is a important step that you can’t skip.  Cucumbers are really watery, 96% water to be exact.  After you grate your cucumbers, place in a mesh strainer and drain. Use your hand to press down on the grated cucumber to make sure to remove all the excess water. I like to additionally let the cucumber sit in the strainer for 15 minutes, and then give it one more press with my hand after that.

If you don’t drain, your bread is going to be soggy and fall apart. You don’t want that.  

Continue following the recipe, mixing all the ingredients together. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray and then pour the batter in. Bake for 60 minutes.

cucumber bread batter in baking dish

And out comes this delicious Cucumber Bread!

baked cucumber bread in baking dish

Let cool in the baking dish for 15 minutes and then carefully transfer to a wire rack or plate. Once cooled, drizzle the sugar glaze on top.

sugar icing running off of cucumber bread on cooling rack

And just like that you have delicious Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread!

cucumber bread on white plate

Once you cut a slice of it you can see small specks of the green cucumber, it’s absolutely gorgeous!

slice of moist and soft cucumber bread on white table

Can I freeze this Cucumber Bread?

Absolutely! I often make a couple batches when we have too many cucumbers! I bake the recipe as is (without the sugar glaze), and then once cooled I transfer to freezer bags.

Once we’re ready to eat it, I’ll defrost overnight in the refrigerator and pop it in the microwave or oven to heat it up. After it’s heated, I’ll make the sugar glaze and pour it on. And just like that I have fresh Cucumber Bread whenever I want, including in the Winter!

cucumber bread with sugar glaze on white plate on red towel

I hope you enjoy this Cucumber Bread recipe!

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Sugar Glazed CUCUMBER Bread recipe that's delicious and moist inside. It tastes like zucchini bread, but it's made with 1 cup grated cucumber.  This healthy dessert recipe is easy to make and is a great way to use up cucumbers.  A optional sugar glaze is poured on top once baked!


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4.86 from 41 reviews

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Sugar Glazed CUCUMBER Bread recipe that's delicious and moist inside. It tastes like zucchini bread, but it's made with 1 cup grated cucumber.  This healthy dessert recipe is easy to make and is a great way to use up cucumbers.  A optional sugar glaze is poured on top once baked! 
By: Pamela Reed
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time 1 hour hour 1 minute minute
serves 12

Ingredients

For bread

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup grated cucumber peeled, seeds removed, drained – see notes
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans optional

For glaze (optional)

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

For bread

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl mix eggs, vegetable oil and sugar together with hand mixer.
  • Add grated cucumber, vanilla and lemon juice. Stir with spoon to combine.
  • Add flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cloves to bowl. Continue to sir with spoon.
  • Add pecans into the bowl. These are optional but highly recommended! Stir again.
  • Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray. Add batter into loaf pan.
  • Bake for 60 minutes.
  • Let cool for 15 minutes. Remove and transfer to wire rack to completely cool.

For glaze (optional)

  • Mix powdered sugar and milk together in bowl with a spoon.
  • Once bread is cool, pour glaze on top.

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Notes

To get 1 cup grated cucumbers: peel your cucumbers, remove the seeds and grate with cheese grater. After cucumbers are grated, place in mesh strainer and press down with hand to remove water.  Let grated cucumbers sit for a additional 15 minutes in strainer and then press down again with hand. 

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 256kcal (13%)
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Keyword: cucumber bread
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  1. Sonja says

    August 5, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    I would love to try this one. Since we don’t use refined sugar any more I’m wondering if you ever try to use honey instead of sugar and if so how much and did you like it?

    Reply
    • Pamela Reed says

      August 5, 2024 at 1:35 pm

      Hey Sonja, we’ve never tried with honey but I def think you can try it! If you do, please report back! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Julie says

    August 2, 2024 at 5:00 pm

    I’m on the fence if I like or LOve this recipe? I didn’t deviate from ingredients or how recipe reads, baked as indicated… My loaves are dense in texture and I wouldn’t say the bread is extra moist but it’s diffidently not brick dry… Side note *the batter was delish with the right amount of sweetness, after baking minimal sweetness in comparison… (Which is fine, as I do prefer lower sugar desserts) Recipe didn’t make me want to say “it’s a keeper but fun to try cucumbers in a different way… .but not a 5 Star rating here

    Reply
  3. Karen Williams says

    July 9, 2024 at 2:15 pm

    A friend of mine from church had a surplus of cucumbers and gifted me a bunch of them. While searching Mr. Google for recipes, I came upon your Cucumber Bread. This is a delicious recipe. Everyone who has tried it is very happy! As a matter of fact, I’m baking another batch now.🙂Thanks so much for sharing!!

    Reply
  4. Jessica says

    September 29, 2023 at 3:13 am

    Really delicious and quick & easy to make — plus, DH didn’t even notice there were cucumbers in it! Win for the hidden vegetables! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Rhonda W says

    June 26, 2023 at 1:39 pm

    I made this and left out the nutmeg and cloves. Instead, I put 2 tsp. cinnamon in it. Also, I used about half as much glaze for us. It was very good and when we have extra cucumbers, this will be my go to. Also, I will freeze the cucumbers for future breads since we have so many. Great recipe!

    Reply
  6. Morgan B says

    August 23, 2022 at 10:18 pm

    I have to confess that after making this bread I froze enough grated cucumber to keep making it all winter long! I haven’t tried with the pecans, but the flavor of the bread would compliment and they would seemingly go great together. I do plan on trying with the pecans. I am thrilled to have another use for our garden cucumbers! The bread tastes buttery even though there’s no butter. I’ve even given the bread away as gifts. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  7. Elaine says

    August 10, 2022 at 9:54 pm

    Do you measure the 1 cup before or after draining

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 11, 2022 at 9:37 am

      Do it after draining so it’s a full 1 cup of cucumber.

      Reply
  8. Veronica says

    July 28, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    I just made this with my garden grown cucumbers and it was delicious. I did not peel the cucumbers, graded the entire cucumber, did not remove the seeds either since my cucumbers were skinny with small seeds. I hand squeezed the shredded cucumber to get the water out. My bread was not wet at all, perfect!. I used other reviewer comments and added a tsp of Cinnamon ( next time I will add 2 tsp) inaddition to the nutmeg and cloves. And I added a 1/2 cup of rasiens ( had no nuts on hand). Great recipi that you can add too, dark chocolate chips, etc! Thank you for sharing. I will definitely be making again!!

    Reply
  9. Joanne says

    August 24, 2021 at 1:02 am

    I wonder how this would turn out if you didn’t peel the cucumber but just washed it and trimmed the ends and grated it? Is the peel really that bad? I eat it normally. I think it would resemble zucchini more but wetter

    Reply
  10. Sue says

    August 8, 2021 at 4:58 pm

    This recipe is amazing. I had run out of cucumber ideas, and I saw this recipe. I added cinnamon and made muffins. Thanks. I’ll do this again.

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 8, 2021 at 9:11 pm

      I’m so happy to hear you liked this recipe! Thanks for stopping by and commenting Sue! 🙂

      Reply
  11. Kathleen says

    July 8, 2021 at 4:06 pm

    If it tastes as good as it smells, it’s a 5 star keeper!

    Reply
  12. Laura B. says

    June 19, 2021 at 9:53 am

    Can I substitute another oil for the vegetable oil.

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      June 20, 2021 at 11:04 pm

      Hey Laura, although I always use vegetable oil, I think you can try grapeseed oil, canola oil, or unsweetened applesauce for this recipe. Hope this helps!

      Reply
    • Toni Bradley says

      August 4, 2021 at 8:11 pm

      I use Canola oil in all my baking recipes. Works just as well as vegetable oil.

      Reply
  13. halie T says

    June 1, 2021 at 5:31 pm

    I love this recipe alot! Ive made 6 batches now. Im glad i have another way to use my cucumbers from my garden now

    Reply
  14. Ange says

    August 31, 2020 at 6:38 am

    I made muffins with this. I halved the sugar and subbed cinnamon for cloves because I’m not big on cinnamon. The muffins were moist and tender but I could taste and smell a faint hint of cucumber that made these not worth it for me! My son loves them however he’s eaten almost all of the muffins by himself. We have heirloom cucumbers that do have a very strong flavor so maybe that’s why?

    Reply
  15. janet coryell says

    August 10, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    Throw the shredded cucumber in a tea towel and wring it out to dry cucumber out faster and more thoroughly,
    Used raisins inst of nuts.

    Reply
  16. Tracey Ruiz says

    July 29, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    This was a great bread to make in mini loaves. I baked them for 25 minutes for 8 mini loaves.

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      July 30, 2020 at 9:48 am

      I love the idea of making these into mmini loaves! Thanks for sharing Tracey, glad to hear you liked this recipe! 🙂

      Reply
  17. Michelle says

    July 28, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    Nice recipe easy and delicious

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      July 29, 2020 at 9:37 am

      Happy to hear you liked this Cucumber Bread Michelle. Thanks for commenting! 🙂

      Reply
  18. Christine says

    July 20, 2020 at 11:10 am

    This bread is delicious! Spot on recipe. I followed it exactly, except for the sugar glaze – I don’t even think it needs it, it’s so good. (I will try the sugar glaze when I try your cucumber cookie recipe next!)

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      July 21, 2020 at 9:32 am

      I’m so happy to hear you liked this Cucumber Bread! Thanks for commenting Christine! 🙂 Can’t wait for you to try the cookies next!

      Reply
  19. Vicki says

    February 22, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    This is the tastiest moistest loaf ever. Live it and will def make again. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Vicki says

      February 22, 2020 at 7:58 pm

      Also made the cookies yum 😍

      Reply
    • Pamela says

      February 24, 2020 at 10:05 am

      Hey Vicki, I’m so happy to hear you made the bread and cookies! Hope you come back and make them again!

      Reply
  20. Carla Jones says

    September 22, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    Delicious! My husband wrote a children’s poem referencing a pickle cake. I laughed and said it’d bake him one. Cucumbers are as close to a pickle as I dared, thank you so much for your recipe!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      September 22, 2019 at 8:56 pm

      Carla! That’s just splendid! Thanks for the smile, glad you guys liked it! 🙂

      Reply
  21. Kay says

    August 29, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    How do you drain the cucumbers? Lay them out on a paper towel? Also do you grate them and measure them before or after being drained?

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 30, 2019 at 9:44 am

      Hey Kay, please see post for full picture directions on how to do this. I do this with a mesh strainer over my sink. If you don’t drain, your bread batter is going to get watery and you don’t want that. After I drain for 30 minutes, I use my hand and press down on the grated cucumber just to make sure all the excess water is drained out.

      Reply
  22. Margaret says

    August 27, 2019 at 4:51 pm

    Good recipe for using up cucumbers. Don’t taste them. Found this recipe too sweet for me as I’ve been cutting down on sugar for awhile now. Will cut sugar next time. Easy and will make again.

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 29, 2019 at 11:41 am

      Hey Margaret, thanks for commenting! I’m happy you liked this cucumber bread! 🙂

      Reply
  23. Grandma says

    August 17, 2019 at 1:43 pm

    I’ve grated and frozen zucchini for winter bread but never tried cucumber. Question: Do you remove the water before freezing?

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 17, 2019 at 4:49 pm

      Hey Grandma, I do remove the water before freezing, but I also do it again after it defrosts as sometimes it can get watery while freezing. Hope this helps!

      Reply
  24. Christine Feathers says

    August 17, 2019 at 9:57 am

    Finally saw the picture that you measured before.

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 17, 2019 at 4:47 pm

      Hey Christine, enjoy the bread!

      Reply
  25. Christine Feathers says

    August 17, 2019 at 9:23 am

    Do you measure the 1c of cucumbers before or after removing the water?

    Reply
  26. Charles says

    August 25, 2018 at 5:14 pm

    I made this a few hours ago and it’s already half gone! The wife loves it too!

    Reply
  27. Melissa says

    August 19, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    I just made this today, and it’s delicious! I never did get to the glaze part—it tastes great without it!

    Do you think this bread freezes well?

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 19, 2018 at 9:34 pm

      Hey Melissa, I’ve frozen this bread many times – it works great! Enjoy!

      Reply
  28. Laurie Lang says

    August 16, 2018 at 10:57 am

    My brother kept leaving cucumbers from his garden at my door. I had to do something with them, besides all my other summer salads.
    I found your recipe for cucumber bread. I was a bit skeptical. I made two loaves, one for my brother and one for my house. My brother said that him and his family loved it, and finished it in a day!
    My husband, who does not touch veggies with a 10 ft pole had a piece, he said he liked it. I still haven’t told him it’s cucumber bread. I loved it as well. Simple to make. The sugar icing is a nice touch.

    Reply
  29. Katie says

    July 28, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    I have so many cucumbers and when I found this recipe I was so excited. Just tried my first bite of this bread and OMG, it is the best bread I’ve ever made. Better than banana, better than zucchini. I’m going to try the cucumber cookie recipe next. Thank you for this excellent recipe!!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      July 29, 2018 at 8:34 pm

      Hey Katie, your comment makes me so happy! I’m so glad you liked this recipe, I hope it becomes a staple for your garden cucumbers. Thanks for commenting!

      Reply
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