Vegetables Recipe ∶ Chocolate Zucchini Cookies

Soft chocolaty drop cookies made with zucchini.

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter flavored shortening
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ¾ cups grated zucchini

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Fold in the grated zucchini. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

• calories58.7
• carbohydrateContent8.5 g
• cholesterolContent3.9 mg
• fatContent2.5 g
• fiberContent0.4 g
• proteinContent0.9 g
• saturatedFatContent0.6 g
• sodiumContent53 mg
• sugarContent3.7 g