Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies are a bit different than your average cookie. Deliciously moist and chewy with zucchini, healthy with whole wheat flour, and utterly yummy with warm spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. And, chocolate chips, of course!
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 198kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter softened to room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ½ cup all-purpose flour or half all-purpose, half whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 ½ cup shredded zucchini about 1 medium
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Begin by shredding the zucchini. Using a paper towel, wring out as much liquid as you can from the zucchini.
- In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and continue to mix until smooth.
- Then add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and zucchini. Mix until just until combined and there are no dry flour streaks visible. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Bake for 8 -10 minutes or until the cookies begin to spring back after touching them. Cool and enjoy.
Nutrition
Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 91mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 154IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg