Zucchini bread in muffin form packed with walnuts and cranberries.

I’ve been experimenting with muffins and have settled on this one, a riff on ourbanana breadrecipe.

Much like the banana bread, these zucchini muffins are insanely good and insanely easy to make!

Zucchini muffins cooling on a rack.

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If you like nuts and raisins (or dried cranberries) by all means keep them in.

Want To Use Up Zucchini?

A quick note about the shredded zucchini used for this recipe.

Zucchini muffins made from garden zucchini on a cooling rack

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Zucchinis can vary considerably in their moisture content.

If they are garden picked, they are likely to have a lot of moisture.

If they are off season from the market, they may be on the dry side.

Whisking eggs in a glass bowl

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Then do a light scoop with a measuring cup in one motion.

Level off the top with the side of a knife.

In a large bowl, beat the eggs.

Zucchini mixture and flour mixture in set side by side in glass bowls

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Mix in the sugar and vanilla extract.

Stir in the grated zucchini and the melted butter.

Stir these dry ingredients into the zucchini mixture.

Zucchini mixture and flour mixture being stirred together with a spatula

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(Do not over-mix!)

Stir in walnuts, raisins, or cranberries if using.

Test with a long toothpick or a thin bamboo skewer to ensure the center of the muffins are done.

Mixing cranberries into zucchini batter

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Set on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes.

Remove muffins from the tin let cool another 20 minutes.

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Spooning batter into a muffin tin

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Testing for doneness for zucchini muffins out of the oven.

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A clean toothpick being held over zucchini muffins showing that they are cooked fully

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Overhead view of a muffin tin of zucchini bread muffins cooling on a rack.

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