Banana Blueberry Zucchini Bread — 🫐🍌🙌🏻🍞 This is an EASY, no-mixer zucchini bread recipe that’s packed with bananas, juicy blueberries, and grated zucchini which keep it SO soft, moist, and tender! I guarantee this will be your new favorite quick bread and your family and friends will rave about it and want seconds!
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This is an easy, no mixer recipe for banana bread that’s spiked with juicy blueberries in every bite. Your house will smell like a bakery as the bread bakes.
Zucchini is one of my favorite secret weapon ingredients because it keeps everything very moist and tender without imparting much flavor. If you close your eyes so you can’t see the green flecks, I doubt you’ll be able to taste it. My family said they couldn’t taste it at all here nor could they in my last loaf.
Since you’re getting extra veggies from the zucchini and a double serving of fruit from the bananas and blueberries, I didn’t mind reaching for multiple slices of this soft, springy bread.
Ingredients in Banana Blueberry Zucchini Bread
As with all of my easy zucchini bread recipes, you don’t need any special ingredients to make this recipe.
For this blueberry banana bread, you’ll need:
- Egg
- Brown sugar
- Canola oil
- Granulated sugar
- Sour cream
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder and baking soda
- Salt
- Mashed ripe bananas
- Grated zucchini
- Fresh blueberries
Note: All ingredients amounts are listed in the recipe card section when you keep scrolling down.
How to Make Banana Blueberry Zucchini Bread
This moist zucchini bread couldn’t be easier to make! Here are the basic steps:
- Simply stir together the wet ingredients.
- Then add the dry.
- Add the grated zucchini and mashed bananas and stir gently to combine.
- And finally fold in the blueberries.
- Turn the banana zucchini bread batter into a floured and greased loaf pan and bake for around 90 minutes.
- Let the quick bread cool for 15 minutes in its pan before removing to cool on a wire rack before slicing and serving!
A Note About the Bake Time
This quick bread recipe takes a while to bake. My loaf took 90 minutes to cook through. I tented it with foil at the 45 minute mark to prevent the top and sides from browning too quickly while allowing the interior a chance to set up.
Between the moisture from the bananas, zucchini, and blueberries, it takes time to cook through but the result is an incredibly moist loaf. Don’t get hung up on the clock. Bake until your bread is done, whatever that means with your ingredients, oven, and climate.
Recipe FAQs
That sounds like a great idea! If your berries are larger than a blueberry (like strawberries, for example), you’ll want to dice them into smaller pieces.
I haven’t tried that myself, so I can’t say for absolute sure. However, I’ve had readers report success making these as regular-sized muffins and baking them for 30 to 35 minutes at 350F. I can’t guarantee the results though, as I’ve only ever made this as a banana zucchini loaf.
You want to use really ripe bananas for this recipe. They should have plenty of black spots on them and should smell sweet. If your bananas aren’t ripe enough, your blueberry banana bread won’t be as sweet and the texture might be off.
And I’ve only ever used fresh blueberries for this recipe, so I can’t speak to whether or not frozen would work. My gut says frozen would likely be okay, but you wouldn’t want to thaw them. Frozen would also increase the bake time so be prepared to add 5-10 minutes more is my guess but of course watch your loaf.
Also note that before adding the blueberries to the batter you need to toss them in some flour to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the loaf.
Storage Instructions
At room temp: Store airtight for up to 1 week.
In the freezer: Store airtight for up to 4 months. Let it cool to room temperature before sealing it in a freezer bag. Alternately, you can wrap it in a few layers of plastic wrap. When you’re ready to eat this blueberry banana bread, set it on your counter overnight to thaw.
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Blueberry Banana Zucchini Bread
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ⅓ cup canola or vegetable oil
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup cup sour cream, (Greek yogurt may be substituted)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour + 1/4 cup for tossing with blueberries
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, from about 2 medium/large bananas
- 1 cup coarsely grated zucchini, laid loosely in cup and not packed (don’t wring out)
- 1 cup 6 ounces fresh blueberries (I haven’t tried with frozen)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray one 9×5-inch loaf pan with floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan; set aside.
- To a large bowl, add the the first six ingredients, through vanilla, and whisk to combine.
- Add 1 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and stir until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Add the bananas, zucchini, and stir to combine; set aside.
- To a medium bowl, add the blueberries, 1/4 cup flour (helps prevent them from sinking while baking), and toss to coat.
- Add the blueberries and all flour bits to the large bowl with the batter and stir until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Turn batter out into the prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula. Tip – Evenly sprinkle the surface with 1 to 2 tablespoons blueberries for a visual pop of color.
- Place loaf pan on a baking sheet (for insurance against overflow) and bake for about 90 minutes (start checking at about 75 minutes), or until the top is golden, the center is set, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. Important note: At the 45 minute mark, tent the pan with a sheet of foil draped loosely over it to prevent the top and sides from browning too quickly while giving the interior a chance to cook through. I encourage rotating the pan a couple times during baking to ensure even baking because many ovens don’t bake evenly. Baking times will vary based on the moisture content of the bananas, zucchini, blueberries, climate, and oven variances. Bake until done; watch your bread, not the clock and don’t worry if it takes more (or less) time to bake than the baking time estimate provided. This is a VERY moist loaf so make sure it's fully done before you take it out of the oven – you can't decide later that it wasn't quite done and put it back in (will never work) and you'd have to toss it due to raw egg.
- Allow bread to cool in pan for about 15 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing and serving. Bread will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Originally posted August 17, 2016 and reposted July 28, 2021 and June 9, 2023 with updated text.
Your Blueberry Banana Zucchini Bread is so yummy! My family loves it! I am featuring your recipe in a blog post today at shallowcreekhobbyfarm.com with a link back to this site. Thanks for such a great recipe!
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great for you!
Yesterday we tried the recipe with mini loaves and it was fantastic. For my oven (which is hyper) we baked the mini loaves at 320 degrees and started checking them after about 35 minutes. These will be perfect to sell at farmer’s markets or bake sales. :)
I made this blueberry,banana and zucchini bread last night with a coconut Greek yogurt instead of sour cream….
OMG it was to die for!!! Soooooo good….. Good thing I made 2 loaves since my husband ate most of the first one and I took the second one to work. Made my co-workers happy!
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great for you! You have lucky coworkers!
Hi Averie, just a quick note to let you know that the first loaf I made was so good that I have just made a double batch and its in the oven. Hoping it turns out as well! I can’t believe my luck to find this great recipe that uses up my garden zucchini (ok lets be honest – it used one big one and I have tons left), fresh blueberries from the market and ripe bananas that were going to go in the freezer with all the other bananas lol. Thanks so much for this and many of your other great recipes!!
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great and that you were able to use things you had on hand! If you are on the hunt for other zucchini recipes, here are some of mine https://www.averiecooks.com/tag/zucchini
Do you know if this bread freezes well? I’d like to take some camping next week but I have fresh blueberries and ripe bananas now. Thanks ?
Most breads like this freeze very well and although I haven’t personally tried, I think it will be totally fine. Enjoy the bread while you’re camping!
Do different oils substitute easily? Instead of canola or vegetable oil would coconut oil work?
Do different oils substitute easily? = yes and no, depends what you’re making. Canola or veg are fine here. With coconut, you could probably use it, noting it will impart some flavor that the others won’t.
I keep saying it but need to get on the zucchini train, this bread looks so moist. I am with you, banana bread is so great, I love making new versions too! This is one to try!
Get on that train for sure! :)
Wow! Another great recipe!
Hey girl this looks really good!
I am making this, this weekend! I’m going to be home alone and not a better way to spend it than cooking some delicious banana bread!!! I love all of your recipes I have tried.
Thanks and glad they’ve been winners for you!
Zucchini in baking is literally the best! You always make such great quick breads!
I wish you were here to snack on some with me!
Ooh. We loved your original recipe. You can’t go wrong with bananas.
You are a mind reader! I have all this in my house and I want to use it up before we go on vacation! Perfect recipe to clear out the produce.
Love that you have all of this on hand! Perfect way to clear it all out before you vacation!
I think my goal in life is to eat 40 loaves of banana bread before I turn 40… lol. I love all of them but I think this might be my favorite of yours…
The one banana bread I haven’t made yet is your recipe for your mom’s. That crack down the center gets me every time!
Craving this bread with coffee!
I miss our coffee dates! xo
Is your house just quick bread central? I just imagine your countertops loaded down with quick breads all the time. Really good ones, with zucchini. :)
This one’s another winner!
I feel like I am quick bread central :) Thankfully they freeze well and with banana bread anything, they never last long anyway because it’s my thing :)
This really is a fruit and veggie loaf!! It has so many moisturizing ingredients so I can see why it would take longer to bake–but I bet it’s worth it.?
It did surprise me with how long it took but then after I thought about it, yes all those moisturizing ingredients just took awhile. And yes, worth the wait :)