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Zucchini Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

January 3, 2023 by Julie - The Recipe Life Leave a Comment

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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!

A completely wonderful cookie: Frosted zucchini cookies topped with a sprinkling of chopped walnuts.

These are such yummy cookies that you would never guess they are made with a classic garden vegetable: zucchini! These zucchini cookies with cream cheese frosting are one of my favorite zucchini recipes!

As someone that always seems to have more zucchini than use for them, I loved finding this easy cookie recipe to use up that abundance of zucchini. And my kids were proud to show off these delicious cookies to their friends! Winning!

Delicious and easy frosted zucchini cookies with chopped walnuts and a cream cheese icing resting on a wire rack.

Frosted Zucchini Cookies with Walnuts

This is one of the easiest baked goods zucchini recipes.

Ingredients for Zucchini Cookies

  • 1 cup of finely shredded zucchini
    • For this recipe, you should only need one medium zucchini.
    • I often shred zucchini in big batches, portion it out into one and two-cup bags and freeze it for later use. Now all I have to do is pull the already shredded zucchini from the freezer, thaw it, and remember to drain off any extra liquid. It does not need to be completely patted dry.
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 cup of butter, softened at room temperature (or margarine)
  • 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts

Icing Ingredients

This cream cheese frosting pairs perfectly with this scrumptious cookie’s soft and subtle flavors. It’s entirely optional but definitely delicious on top of this cookie.

  • 3 ounces of softened cream cheese
  • 2 cups of powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup of softened butter (or margarine)
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • optional 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts for garnish
The ingredients for Zucchini Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Directions for Frosted Zucchini Cookies

First, combine the shredded zucchini, egg, and sugar in a mixing bowl using a stand mixer or electric mixer. Then beat in the butter or margarine.

Shredded zucchini, egg, sugar and butter mixed together in a stand mixer.

Mix in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Lastly, stir in the chopped walnuts.

  • The dry ingredients mixed into the zucchini cookie dough.
  • Add chopped walnuts on top of the zucchini cookie dough.
  • The complete zucchini cookie dough in a mixing bowl.

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.

Portioned cookie dough balls on a cookie sheet ready to be baked into delicious zucchini cookies.

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.

  • The cream cheese icing ingredients in a mixing bowl ready to be creamed together.
  • Creaming of the frosting for zucchini cookies.
  • A dozen zucchini cookies with cream cheese frosting on a wire rack.

This recipe makes about three dozen cookies.

How to store Frosted Zucchini Cookies?

Frosted Zucchini Cookies are best stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 to 4 days.

You can also freeze zucchini cookies for up to two months in an air-tight container. It is best to place wax paper in between any layers of cookies and make sure to defrost them in the refrigerator to avoid messy icing.

Can you make the Zucchini Cookie Dough in Advance?

You can make the dough up to 24 hours in advance and refrigerate it until you’re ready to bake. Then follow directions as usual. The frosting can also be made in advance and refrigerated. It will need to be at room temperature to ice the cookies.

A frosted zucchini cookies sprinkled with chopped walnuts on top ready for any occasion.
A completely wonderful cookie: Frosted zucchini cookies topped with a sprinkling of chopped walnuts.

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!
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
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.
Keyword Zucchini Cookies

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