Zucchini Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Fluffy cake-like cookies with walnuts that are topped with a deliciously sweet cream cheese icing make these Zucchini Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting all the rave in our house!
Servings 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
Zucchini Cookie Dough
- 1 cup zucchini finely shredded
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter or margarine softened at room temp.
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup walnuts chopped
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 3 ounces cream cheese softened to room temp.
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup butter or margarine softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts optional garnish
Instructions
- Combine the shredded zucchini, egg, and sugar in a mixing bowl using a stand mixer or electric mixer. Beat in the butter or margarine.
- Mix in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Lastly, stir in the chopped walnuts.
- With a medium cookie scoop, drop the cookie dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake these zucchini cookies in a preheated oven at 350°F for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are just barely turning brown. Remove them from the oven and let the cookies cool completely before frosting them.
- For the frosting, cream together the softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, softened butter, and vanilla extract. Then spread it over the cookies and garnish with a sprinkling of chopped walnuts. This recipe makes about three dozen cookies.