Homemade zucchini bread is yummy, but it’s often too hot to bake it in the oven. Here’s an easy trick to making zucchini bread without heating the house.
Easy No-Bake Zucchini Bread Idea
From: Andrea
I very rarely turn on the oven during the summer… Why pay to run the a/c to fight against the heat from the oven? We all like homemade zucchini bread but I didn’t want to turn on the oven just to use up some zucchini from the garden.
I always like the end piece of the loaf of zucchini bread so I decided to try making it in the waffle iron and we LOVE it! If someone likes the gooey middle, they may not prefer them this way.
I have also made Amish Friendship Bread in the waffle iron. I think you could do this with most ‘sweet’ breads. If we have cornbread in the summer, I make that in the waffle iron as well. Hope this idea helps someone else out. 🙂
P.S. I did not vary anything in the zucchini bread recipe.
Margaret says
Using a waffle iron is a great idea. But I don’t have one. I’m going to try this idea, only making “pancakes” instead.
Regards, Peg
maysmom says
What a great idea! The corn bread “waffle” sounds tasty. I’ll have to go hunt down my waffle iron.
Rosemary says
I want to try this in a waffle iron. Would you post the Zucchini Bread recipe please? Thanks
melissa says
Hey! I have a waffle iron!! Somewhere 🙂 I think it’s on one of the garage shelves, just have to get the nerve up to go out there and look. What a great idea! I too though would like the bread recipe. I’ve tried plenty of Z bread recipes, some are just too sweet for me, or are ridiculous in the number of ingredients used.
grandma says
could you use one of those grilled cheese sandwich presses.
if I get a waffle iron people would expect waffles for breakfast.
one more thing added to the menu.
Jill says
I’m not sure Lynda. The waffle works good because the waffle batter is runnier like quick bread batter and with the “dips” in the waffle iron it holds the batter in so I don’t know if a sandwich press is too flat. That would be the main thing you have to think about.
rose says
yep .. summer will be here soon . and then the rotten hot weather .. hopefully we will continue to have these nice temps for a while longer .. nice and cool in hte evenings, over nite and in the early morning hrs .. and then about noon or 1 then it gets a bit hot .. some days all we need is a fan on us .. bc there is a slight breeze with the warmer temps …
hope all is well with evryone.. 😀 ..
grandma says
mine does 2 sandwiches and has a dip in them. then when the sandwiches are done they are sliced almost all the way through. Not the flat ones which I loved and can’t find at a decent price.
My son came home with this sandwich toaster from university. One of his room mates made a mistake and gave it to him instead of the guy who it belonged to. Didn’t find it until after he moved to China and since nobody called asking about it I inherited it. Used it when the grandchildren were here last week and they loved making their own lunches.
Other than that it takes up space in the cupboard.
Not feeling up to doing anything lately.
today we are in the middle of a snow freezing rain and ice pellets storm. Power went off for about 2 hours Don is home because he didn’t trust the roads when he got out to the highway so took a floater. He hooked up the generator and I read a book with the propane lantern. The fridge and his tablet and the laptop were all working as well as the kettle so we had coffee and tea we turned on the kerosene heaters upstairs and down and now the house is nice and warm.
A word of advice to everyone here nothing to do with the subject. But something I have learned the hard way.
My father died 51/2 years ago. I was told to not come home since he was too far along to recognize me and mom didn’t think it would be helpful.
I didn’t go and say goodbye to him. He didn’t want me around when he was alive so I said ok.
Then my sister last year was diagnosed with brain cancer and she didn’t want anyone to visit. I agreed not to go. I was 4 hours from her when she died.
I didn’t get to say good bye to her either.
We are not a close loving family but I miss my little sister more each day and feel badly for listening to my mom and sister and not going down. I thought I would get the chance when we were camping.
Went to both funerals but I still feel left out.
So visit with your family even if you are not close. You may never get the chance to mend fences and be complete and then you will feel guilty for it when it is too late.
maggie says
Grandma,
So sorry about your sister. Mine came up (about 70 miles away) for this weekend (Sat and part of the day yesterday) and we had a nice visit. It’s the first time I have seen her in about a year although we speak often. We both still work and the commute to her house is traffic-laden on a good day. Since we are in our 60’s, neither of us like to drive in that congestion much (especially on the interstate)so don’t see each other as often as we should. Thanks for the wake-up call.
But don’t beat yourself up that you didn’t see her before she died. I think a person makes the best decision they can at the time of the event with the facts available to them. Second guessing yourself down the road when circumstances are different just makes you unhappy. I think about this a lot because my mom died and I couldn’t be there and I kick myself sometimes saying she was more important than money (the cost to get there), however, I go back to my statement. I did the best I could with what I had at that time. And I know my mom knew that – and you sister probably did, too. Even so, think about it and be sad for a minute and then move on. Your sister knew you loved her and that is the most important.
Liz O'Neill says
I love the idea but cannot find the actual recipe, even though I went to two places. Please e-mail the recipe if you have time. thank you in advance!
Jill says
This post was more for how you can use a waffle iron in the summer etc. to cook your quick breads instead of having to heat up the oven but here is our recipe for Zucchini Bread if you need it. Hope this helps.