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!
This weekend there were many surprises in the garden including a monster pumpkin plant that just won’t stop growing and pounds of potatoes waiting for us under the soil. And then carrots were pulled, jalapeno peppers were picked and cucumbers were spotted.
These are all vegetables I was hoping for, but maybe in a few weeks…. but in typical garden fashion, they make their own rules and showed up to the party early. I couldn’t have been more happy to see them!
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 and Marinated Cucumbers is a favorite way to use cucumbers, but I wanted to explore how to bake with them! Hrm, what to make with cucumbers…….
Ta-da, the result is this delicious Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread!
(PS. Don’t forget to try my Frosted Cucumbers Cookies too!)
Baking 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. 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!
How to Make Recipe Video
Enjoy this cooking video to walk you through the steps!
Easy Cucumber Bread Recipe
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.
Next peel the cucumber. Have you ever seen a cucumber nude before?! Well now you have. I just use my potato peeler for this.
Now remove the seeds with a spoon. Make sure to get all those seedy watery guts out too.
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.
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.
And out comes this delicious Cucumber Bread!
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.
And just like that you have delicious Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread!
Once you cut a slice of it you can see small specks of the green cucumber, it’s absolutely gorgeous!
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!
I hope you enjoy this Cucumber Bread recipe!
baking with vegetables
I love to get creative and bake with veggies. Here’s some of my favorite recipes:
Frosted Cucumber Cookies
Spinach Cupcakes
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies
Carrot Souffle
Fudgy Kidney Bean Brownies
Chocolate Avocado Brownies
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Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread
PrintIngredients
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.
Jessica says
Really delicious and quick & easy to make — plus, DH didn’t even notice there were cucumbers in it! Win for the hidden vegetables! 🙂
Rhonda W says
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!
Morgan B says
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!
Elaine says
Do you measure the 1 cup before or after draining
Pamela says
Do it after draining so it’s a full 1 cup of cucumber.
Veronica says
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!!
Joanne says
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
Sue says
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.
Pamela says
I’m so happy to hear you liked this recipe! Thanks for stopping by and commenting Sue! 🙂
Kathleen says
If it tastes as good as it smells, it’s a 5 star keeper!
Laura B. says
Can I substitute another oil for the vegetable oil.
Pamela says
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!
Toni Bradley says
I use Canola oil in all my baking recipes. Works just as well as vegetable oil.
halie T says
I love this recipe alot! Ive made 6 batches now. Im glad i have another way to use my cucumbers from my garden now