Chocolate Chip-Zucchini Cookies

AudreyC · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Maryland

Thus unusual combination is really very good. Great with coffee of any kind or hot chocolate.

Chocolate Chip-Zucchini Cookies

¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 ½ cups sugar
1 large egg
½ tsp. almond extract
1 ½ cups grated zucchini, squeezed
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup chopped walnuts

Beat butter at medium speed until creamy; gradually beat in 1 ½ cups sugar. Beat in egg and almond extract. Press grated zucchini between paper towels and squeeze out extra liquid. Stir into butter mixture. Combine flour, powder and cinnamon; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Stir in nuts and chips. Drop by heaping teaspoon onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes (they wont be very brown on top), let sit on pan for 1 minute, remove to wire racks. When partially cooled, dust with powdered sugar through a mesh strainer. Yield 4 dozen.
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Griffin · Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 932 Location: England

Thanks Audrey, I have GOT to try these... tho' if they are too good, my dad will probably have the lot!!
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Nicki · Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 106 Location: England

Sounds good! But damn you for making me make the translation from "American" to English!!

AudreyC · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Maryland

Do you mean translating my "American" language to "English" or the measurements and temperature? If you mean the measurements why don't you just buy yourself a set of "cups" and "spoons"? Problem solved. Hope you enjoy the cookies.
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Debbie · Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 861 Location: Paris

American cups and spoon sizes are different to English, Australian, New Zealand etc etc etc. Each country has its own "cup size".

Biscuits sound interesting though. Might give them a try when I get gifted with zucchinis this year. Wink

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AudreyC · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Maryland

I guess I learn something new everyday. I lived in Germany for a few years and all the recipes were in grams so I never knew that about cups. I never learned to convert them either, just used ratios.

I discovered this recipe when my neighbor gave me some HUGE zucchini one summer and I couldn't let them go to waste. Between the cookies and zucchini bread it was all zucchini, all the time.
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David · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject:

Obviously Clotilde MUST include this recipe in her next cookbook! Cool Audrey---thanks!
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Celia · Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 19 Location: United States

Sounds yummy!

everythingdarkchocolate · Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 8 Location: New Zealand

wow, zucchini with chocolate literally. Thanks for the recipe!
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Acadiana · Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 41 Location: Washington DC

The perfect recipe for this forum - yum!

chokee09 · Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 3

These are simple steps. I can try this one later! Thanks, AudreyC.

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