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Savory Zucchini Beer Bread

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Photo of a loaf of zucchini beer bread on a cutting board sliced thick and spread with butter.
Photo by Cara Howe

I hadn’t yet acquired the palate for it, but as a kid I loved making beer bread with my mom because it was such an easy baking project—just a few ingredients, and soon enough it was perfuming the whole house with the comforting promise of fresh bread. Here’s a variation on that classic, very simple recipe, in which summer squash marries with scallions and Parmesan to create something much more flavorful and a bit more decadent. You can leave out the cheese to make the bread vegan, or swap 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast if you’d like.

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