Chocolate Zucchini Cookies

This weekend I finished putting my gardens to bed for the winter. As a result, I picked the three last zucchini of the season. So when I was reading the blog hungryrunnergirl, and she mentioned her friend's awesome zucchini cookies, I was intrigued. I turned to the internet and it turns out that zucchini cookies are a thing....I had just never heard of them. Google results described cookies that are soft from the zucchini and rich and wonderful. I had to try it! I settled on this recipe to veganize and the results were just as good as the internet promised.

My family raved about these cookies. They are a soft, rich and chocolatey cake-like cookie. We will definitely be making these next year when the zucchini is abundant again.

Chocolate Zucchini Cookies

Ingredients:

1 tbsp flax meal
3 tbsp water

1 cup grated zucchini (1 small zucchini)

1/2 cup vegan margarine at room temperature
3/4 cup vegan brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oat flour (or all purpose flour)
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
4 tbsp cocoa powder

3/4 cup vegan chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.

Mix the flax meal with the 3 tbsp of water and whisk well to combine. Set aside to let thicken. This is my favorite egg replacer for baked goods and golden flax meal works especially well.

Grate the zucchini and set aside until ready to use.

Beat the margarine, sugar, and vanilla together until light and fluffy. Then add the flax meal mixture to it and mix to combine. Then add the zucchini to the wet ingredients.

In another bowl, whisk the whole wheat flour, the oat flour, the oats, baking soda, salt and cocoa until well combined. Be sure there are no clumps of baking soda or cocoa in the mixture. Then fold the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined and drop by rounded tablespoons onto the greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8-9 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 30 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  106 Calories from Fat  44

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  4.9g 8%

Saturated Fat  1.0g 5%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  173mg 7%

Potassium  71mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates  14.2g 5%

Dietary Fiber  1.2g 5%

Sugars  5.7g

Protein  1.7g

Vitamin A 4% • Vitamin C 1% Calcium 1% • Iron 5%

Nutrition Grade D+

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet