How To Make Zucchini Cookies
Sneak in some veggies in your dessert with this recipe for zucchini cookies. These bite-sized treats are also frosted with cream cheese.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cookies:
- ½cupbutter,softened
- ½cupbrown sugar
- ½cupsugar
- 1large egg
- 1tspvanilla
- 2cupsall purpose flour
- ½tspbaking powder
- ½tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- 1½tspcinnamon
- 1½cupszucchini,grated
For Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4ozcream cheese,softened to room temperature
- ¼cupbutter,very soft
- 1½cupspowdered sugar
- ½tspvanilla
Equipments
Instructions
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Cream butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl. Beat in egg and vanilla.
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Whisk together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon. Stir into creamed mixture. (Dough will be very stiff.)
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Add the grated zucchini and stir till well combined.
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Drop by spoonfuls onto well greased or parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for about 12 minutes or till bottoms are golden brown and tops are set.
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Cool on pan for a couple minutes. then remove to cooling racks. Cool completely, then frost.
Frosting:
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Beat cream cheese and butter till smooth and creamy. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat till smooth. Frost cookies.
Nutrition
- Calories: 167.22kcal
- Fat: 7.70g
- Saturated Fat: 4.64g
- Trans Fat: 0.23g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.99g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.37g
- Carbohydrates: 23.20g
- Fiber: 0.45g
- Sugar: 14.85g
- Protein: 1.78g
- Cholesterol: 28.20mg
- Sodium: 105.12mg
- Calcium: 21.67mg
- Potassium: 47.83mg
- Iron: 0.62mg
- Vitamin A: 69.95µg
- Vitamin C: 1.39mg
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