Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

From Barbara Kingsolver's book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." A healthier cookie version that helps you use some of the zucchini abundance of late summer.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 24
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  egg, beaten
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup honey
• 1  tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1  cup white flour
• 1  cup whole wheat flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1  cup  finely shredded zucchini
• 12  ounces chocolate chips

Directions

1. Combine egg through vanilla in a mixing bowl.
2. Combine white flour through nutmeg in a medium bowl and add to liquid mixture.
3. Stir zucchini and chocolate chips into other ingredients, mix well. Drop by spoonful onto greased baking sheet, and flatten with the back of a spoon. Bake at 350°, 10 to 15 minutes.