Zucchini Cookies And Cream Cheese Frosting
From krumkake 16 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 36
Another great recipe gleaned from a good neighbor when we lived in Missouri…and another great way to use up that abundant zucchini! I always like to make a batch of these (and the sweet zucchini pie) as soon as I am given some zucchini. Read more They freeze so well, and always make a moist, soft cookie. See less
Ingredients
- Cookies: shopping list
- 1 cup white sugar shopping list
- ¼ cup brown sugar shopping list
- ½ cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 2 cups flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon shopping list
- ½ teaspoon apple pie spice shopping list
- ½ teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 cup grated zucchini (I prefer to peel it before grating) shopping list
- Cream Cheese Frosting: shopping list
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 cups or more powdered sugar shopping list
- enough milk or half-and-half to thin the frosting, if needed, to spreading consistency shopping list
How to make it
- For the cookies, cream together both sugars and butter; stir in egg until well blended.
- Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with the grated zucchini, to the creamed mixture, mixing until all ingredients are well blended.
- Drop batter by spoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
- Bake cookies at 375 degrees for about 11 to 14 minutes, until they test done.
- Remove cookies from pan to waxed paper to cool; cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting, cream together softened cream cheese, butter and vanilla until well blended.
- Stir in enough powdered sugar to make the frosting the right consistency; add a bit of milk or half-and-half if you need to thin it out.
- Lightly frost cooled cookies with the frosting.
The Rating
Reviewed by 10 people-
Yes, love new ways to use up zucchini! Thanks, Mare
theiris
in Garden City loved it
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Oh, my....you've done it again!!!!
High 5!
pat2me
in Nashua loved it
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Im so glad your going through your old recipes. This one is a keeper. I love zucchini. Thank you!
michellem
in Idaho loved it
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