Every year the same thing happens, we end up with a whole batch of fresh zucchini from our garden all at once. So it’s zucchini dishes – stuffed zucchini, roasted zucchini, zucchini bread, zucchini risotto and these zucchini oatmeal cookies. I know, they’re not pretty, but they are delicious. I might have eaten five of them yesterday evening alone. They’re best warm, like so many cookies, and still yummy once they cool.
Here’s the recipe, based on one from Cooks.com.
ZUCCHINI OATMEAL COOKIES
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1 c. butter
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2 cups sugar
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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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3 cups flour (I used whole wheat flour.)
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1 teaspoon salt
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2 teaspoons cinnamon ( I probably used a tad more. I like cinnamon.)
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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2 cups zucchini, grated
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3 1/2 cups oatmeal (I used quick oats.)
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1 cup raisins
Beat butter and sugar together well. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients together and add creamed mixture. Stir in zucchini, oatmeal, and raisins. Drop onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes.
My cookies were just bigger than rounded tablespoons and I ended up baking them for 17 minutes. The recipe mae about 4 dozen for me. Amber probably won’t eat them, because you can see the zucchini and she’s not a fan, but all the more for me.
Weekend Cooking is hosted at Beth Fish Reads.
I bet they are good! Grated zucchini is good in just about anything.
We always have a zucchini surplus and cookies is the only way my family really loves to eat them! My recipe is very similar to yours, but doesn’t have oatmeal in it. I’ll have to try that variation!
Yum. I love zucchini in baked goods. These look terrific.
OMG, Carol! These look SO good. Thank you for posting this. I will definitely be making these. 🙂
I’ve made zucchini bread countless times, but never cookies. These look wonderful… will definitely give them a try!
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen zucchini cookies before – but it does make sense that they’d go in cookies just as well as bread. Yum!
Those look good!
These look delicious. As soon as it cools down and I can turn the a/c off I’m going to bake these. I have all the ingredients including a lot of fresh zucchini. I only have three zucchini plants in the garden but they all make zucchini at the same time. I’ve made them grilled, steamed, fried, as bread, muffins and fritters but not yet as cookies.
Fritters – I should try that. They’re good grilled and put on pizza too.
Yep, I make something similar each year.
Got to try these! My mouth is watering!