Gluten free lemon zucchini bread takes the classic zucchini loaf to another level with a pop of citrus flavor from lemon juice and zest. A simple lemon glaze brings it all the way to wow!

Today for breakfast in my house, I went in a slightly indulgent direction with a most moist and tender quick bread, this iced gluten free lemon zucchini bread. But I have a good reason.

This morning, I’m shipping two of my three children off to sleepaway camp for almost a month. The third, my oldest, has a nationals softball tournament for a week with my husband. Then she joins her siblings for another couple weeks away. They’re leaving me all alone! In theory, it sounds very exciting, but in reality … it gets sad really really fast. But it will give me a chance to concentrate on work without having to stop to pick-up-drop-off-make-dinner-bandage-boo-boos. And starting today I have 2 weeks to prepare for the photo shoot for my next cookbook (no details yet!), so it will be me and my dogs for long, long days in the kitchen. I can think of worse places to be, though.

This recipe is as simple to put together as any other quick bread, so the devil’s in the details of the ingredients and method. Lately, there have been some comments on recipes from readers who have had a problem with a relatively simple recipe, and it usually comes down to one of three things: 1. The flour blend you choose (did you use one of my recommended gluten free flour blends? they’re not all created equal by far!); 2. Measuring dry ingredients by weight (volume is so so so unreliable, due to unavoidable human error and/or variation in dry measuring cups); or 3. Oven temperature. If your oven runs hot (most do; mine does!) and you are not relying upon a separate oven thermometer, the outside of baked good will cook too quickly, long before the inside has a chance to finish and your baked goods will burn and sink.

I can’t totally promise that this will be my very last zucchini recipe of the season. It’s just such a versatile vegetable, and I just have so much zucchini and squash and I think you might, too. But if you’re looking for a uniquely flavorful, moist and tender quick bread, this is the one for you. Make it for someone special in your life, whether they’re leaving you all alone for a month or not. ;)