Name: Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Ingredients: 1 cup butter ((softened)); 2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 3 ½ cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 2 cups finely shredded zucchini; 2 cups milk chocolate chips

How to make Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat oven to 375 ℉.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.

Add eggs, one at a time, and beat after each addition.

Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and cloves and mix until combined.

Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips.

Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown.

A stand mixer mixing in chocolate chips into cookie dough mixture.

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookie dough balls on a lined baking sheet.

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Storage Suggestions and Other Tips

If you manage to not eat the whole tray of cookies immediately, these Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies store well. Once cookies have completely cooled, here is how you can store them:

Counter: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 4 days at room temperature. If you want to try and get the cookies to last even longer without becoming crumbly cookies, add a slice of bread into the container of cookies. The bread will give the cookies something to draw moisture from.

Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 7 days in a refrigerator.

Freezer: You can freeze precooked cookie dough for cookies later. Just roll out and freeze for 30 minutes, and then transfer to an airtight, freezer safe bag for up to 3 months. To store cooked cookies, let them cool completely before you put them in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months.

I love these cookies as is, but they are also delicious with a little extra something, something to them. My husband loves cookies with lots of different things in them, because he is a total texture eater. Here are a few recommendations that would be delicious in these cookies, to mix in with the chocolate chips:

Shredded coconut

Walnuts

Pecans

Cinnamon chips

Butterscotch chips

Peanut butter chips

White chocolate chips

Raisins

Pretzel pieces

Slivered almonds

How to finely shred your zucchini:

This recipe calls for finely shredded zucchini. You could easily do this by using a cheese grater, but I am all about mess free cooking and shortcuts, so I usually opt for my blender or food processor.

Cut the zucchini up into fourths, then place it into the machine. I give it a few quick pulses until the zucchini is finely shredded.

I don’t usually just let it blend continuously, because the zucchini tends to get creamy, like a smoothie mixture, and we just want it finely shredded, so the pulse button is the best option.

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Questions & Reviews

JOANNE KEMMERLING says:

I made the zucchini Chocolate chip cookie they have to be worst cookie I made and have made a lot of cookies because my husband is a cookie monster he always said he has never met a cookie he did not like this one cookie he does not like I will never made again I measure it perfect I always do when I making cookies,bread etc. I am 82 years old I make everything from bread,cookies and all kinds of dessert these cookies are terrible
Kate Graham says:

Too dry! I added an additional stick of butter and a third egg. I should have known because 4 cups of flour is WAY more than any other cookie recipe in the universe. We’ll see what happens. I picked this because I like the spice mixture. Smells great baking!
Trinity s says:

I understand that you are 82 and must have so much more experience than myself (26). I have made these cookies several times now and mine turn out AMAZING every time. I wonder what you and I do differently? Do you drain or squeeze the extra liquid out of your zucchini??