Glazed Lemon Zucchini Cookies
- MAKES
- 36 (3 dozen)
- COOK TIME
- 12 Min
This savory-sweet melding of flavors creates the most original-tasting cookie you've had all year. Glazed Lemon Zucchini Cookies are the perfect summer treat.
What You'll Need
- 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup grated zucchini, unpeeled
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
What to Do
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat baking sheets with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, lemon juice, and lemon peel. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt just until dry ingredients are mixed in. Stir in zucchini and nuts.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until cookies are golden around the edges. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Note
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It's easy to top these with a homemade glaze. Simply combine 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar with 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice then drizzle the glaze over the cooled cookies.
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Make sure to save any leftover zucchini to make one of the tasty recipes found in our collection Garden-Fresh Zucchini Recipes: 24 Summer Recipes with Zucchini.
- Looking for more unusual cookie recipes? Then we think you'll want to check out our Carrot Cake Cookies. You won't believe how tasty they are!
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Nutritional InformationShow More
Servings Per Recipe: 36
- Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
- Calories 99
- Calories from Fat 56
- Total Fat 6.2g 9 %
- Saturated Fat 2.7g 13 %
- Trans Fat 0.2g 0 %
- Protein 1.5g 3 %
- Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
- Cholesterol 15mg 5 %
- Sodium 82mg 3 %
- Total Carbohydrates 10g 3 %
- Dietary Fiber 0.5g 2 %
- Sugars 4.4g 0 %
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rrwheeler 8598139
Aug 26, 2015
Wonderful zing from the fresh lemon. Not your regular cookie. Yum! B
Older Sista
Aug 12, 2014
Fresh lemon juice is always de jure but I've found that a GOOD lemon sherbet, melted, is a WONDERFUL substitution.
mherie 8670736
Sep 09, 2013
Wow, what a delicious cookie. So simple to make. I did squeeze out the excess liquid from the zucchini. Next time I will double the batch as I only got 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
Delasawi 6435640
Sep 01, 2013
Great recipe! These re so easy to make and we liked them with or without the glaze.the fresh lemon really makes a difference. Will make them even when I don't have a ton of zucchinis from our garden. I didn't drain the zucchini.
fran
May 24, 2013
When I grate zucchini i get a lot of liquid . Is this zucchini squeezed dry?
bettys12 6386845
May 24, 2013
Always try to use small firm zucchini; avoid the center seed area; they are usually so plentiful you can be a little wasteful when shredding. And certainly press any excess out on paper towel!
Jean 3264521
Aug 31, 2012
I didn't have zucchini so I put dried cranberriesinstead. They were very good, both plain and with the glaze.
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