Cucumber Pumpkin Spice Bread
Cucumber season is from May through August. Just in time for the fall, I made a cucumber pumpkin spice bread. If you garden you may have an abundance of cucumbers. I have relatives who grow cucumbers and I have not been letting them go to waste. In the summer they taste amazing with a pinch of salt. A cucumber is made up of 96% water, which makes it super hydrating on those summer hot days. Now that fall is upon us and colder mornings you may be getting sick of cucumbers or just have no idea what to do what all those cucumbers! I have a couple of ideas to help you use them up!
Cucumber Pumpkin Spice Bread
I searched online for a fall dessert to make with cucumbers. Voila, cucumber bread! But it seemed about half the reviews were good and half were not! One review on one recipe, said the cucumber bread tasted like seaweed! If you haven’t tried seaweed salad, it is amazing with a side of sushi. Although, seaweed bread does not sound appetizing at all! Many of the recipes had cucumber and sugar as the main ingredients (not including the flour). Cucumber already is considered a bitter vegetable. I did not want a bitter or just a sugar bread.
Fall spices are so delicious and for some reason taste the best during the fall season. It doesn’t feel acceptable during the other seasons, which is why now is the time to really use pumpkin spice! Of course, I wanted to make my own as I already have tons of spices at home. Boy, it was easier than I thought. For all those fall birthdays, a great gift ? in a pretty jar. I found the pumpkin spice recipe on the Taste of Home website.
Cucumber Pumpkin Spice Bread! The pumpkin spice will compliment the bitter cucumber. I really thought I would mess this up but it turned out to be super delicious!
You will need:
- all purpose flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- pumpkin spice
- olive oil (I used extra olive oil, as it is all I had and it worked!)
- sugar
- cucumbers
- eggs
When baking I substitute the for applesauce but because I used cucumber in this case the bread would already be super moist. I did not want the bread to fall apart!
Serve It…
I definitely enjoyed this cucumber pumpkin spice bread for breakfast this morning with a nice glass of cold milk. Or have it with a cup of coffee or tea. It also makes for a nice filling snack. Did I mention it is nut free? It is perfect for school lunches since all the schools here are nut free.
Cucumber Pumpkin Spice Bread
Course: SweetsCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy10
servings25
minutes50
minutes1
hour15
minutesA fall bread that is moist. Perfect for breakfast or a snack!
Ingredients
1 cup of cucumbers, grated (use 2 cucumbers, peeled and seeded)
1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour
1 tsp of baking soda
1 tsp of baking powder
1/4 tsp of salt
1 tsp of pumpkin spice
1/2 cup of olive oil
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
butter or cooking spray to butter loaf pan
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Wash and peel your cucumbers and remove seeds. Grate cucumbers and put in a strainer to squeeze out all the water. I removed about 1 cup from each cucumber. Leave in the strainer, as more water will continue to drain.
- While cucumber continues to drain water, prepare your batter. Grab a bowl and a strainer. Sift your flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice.
- Next add your wet ingredients- olive oil, sugar,eggs and cucumbers. Strain the cucumber one more time before adding to the batter. Mix with a hand mixer. By hand is a bit harder, just an FYI.
- Butter your loaf pan (9×5) and pour batter.
- Bake for 50 minutes and let cool completely before removing from pan.
- Serves 5
Notes
- For breakfast serve 2 or for a snack serve just one slice. Makes 10 slices.
What Else Can I make with Cucumbers?
There are many things you can make with cucumbers.
- My favorite 3 Ingredient Cucumber Salad
- Add cucumbers to a Fall Farro Salad
- Add it to your burger – Gouda Burger
- Infuse water with cucumbers! Super refreshing. Wash and slice one or 2 cucumbers add to a pitcher of water and let it infuse for at least 4 hours in the fridge and serve. Try it also with sparkling water!
Enjoy!
This sounds delicious my friend. How many cucumbers do you need?
Hope all is well in your world. Sending love and hugs ????Love Joni
Hi Joni! Thank you! I used 2 cucumbers. I hope you like it!
I am well thank you. I hope you are as well! ?? ?
Yes I am doing ok, thank you. The recipe sounds really great. The bread looks great two. Thanks for letting me know how many. I think we will try it. Take care, sending love and hugs to you and your family. ???Joni
Thank you so much! Enjoy! ? ??
Wow dear… Looks too nice… I would try it whenever i get time ??
Thanks Soni! I hope you like it ?? Sorry I did not reply sooner! You are right comments are going into spam again!
Oh. Dear. Wonderful idea — I’ve been looking for a better, moist, heavy breakfast bread. This sounds yummy. But bad timing! I’m trying VERY hard to de-COVID-ize my lock-down weight, starting with flours and sugars of all kinds!! I’ve printed it for later when I can afford to splurge a bit again 🙂 Azilde, I so enjoy your posts.
Thank you DiAnne! I am so glad you enjoy my posts ? I know these last few months have been quite the change in our lifestyles. We try to eat as healthy as possible during the week and have one cheat meal a week! ?
Looks really delicious ?
Thank you so much ?
I’ll try it out someday
I hope you enjoy it! ??
Thanks
This is an amazing idea! Never tried cucumber bread before! The bread looks delicious!??
Thank you! It was my first time as well and I loved it ?
It looks so moist.
It was!
Interesting combination. I will definitely have to try this!
Yummm