Zucchini Cookies

Submitted by Lightly Toasted

"Great way to use up the bounty of your garden. These are great with a little powdered sugar icing or cream cheese frosting on them, also"

 

• Ready In: 28mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 2 cups shredded zucchini
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Beat shortening and sugar until creamy.
2. Add eggs and vanilla.
3. Combine all dry ingredients, and mix into wet ingredients.
4. Add zuchini.
5. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake at 350 for 18 minutes.

Reviews

[Lucky in Bayview]

These are great! I love the texture. Nice and airy light, very different than I was expecting. Thanks for the keeper recipe!

 

[Darcy H.]

These were tasty cookies! I might have decreased the amount of cloves due to personal taste, but very good the way they were. The other thing I might try next time is adding the zucchini to the wet ingredients after I have beaten everything else together. It seemed more difficult than it needed to be to add it at the end since the batter still seemed kind of crumbly and dry. I also noticed that as the batter sat (while baking the first batch), the flour "soaked up" the liquid and became more of a batter (good thing).

 

[3boys1girlmama]

These were delicious. I added chocolate chips as another reviewer had suggested and thought it was fantastic. I used 1/2 c shortening and 1/2 c butter because that is all I had. Made for a flatter cookie, but still soft. Yum!

 

[Anniesthisnthat]

These are excellent. Moist and delicious. I did add a little extra spice to my taste. Will definatly make again! thanks

 

[CoffeeMom]

Wonderful cookies. My kids love them. I didn't add anything and I don't imagine I ever will. I left half of the batch plain and frosted the other half with cream cheese frosting. Both ways were great! I did use 1 and 3/4 cup grated zucchini instead of 2 cups shredded.