Orange Zucchini Cookies
Orange Zucchini Cookies are moist, sweet and delicious! You’d never guess these cookies have zucchini inside!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 14 mins
- Total Time: 29 minutes
- Yield: Serves 15 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- Zest from one large naval orange
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
- 1 egg beaten
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons Demarara or Turbinado Sugar
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat shortening and sugar together until well mixed. Add zucchini, zest, extract and egg and beat just until combined.
- In a separate bowl, sift flour, salt and baking powder and mix into wet and beat on low speed just until mixture is blended.
- Remove bowl from mixer and stir in chopped nuts by hand.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Lay out three sheet pans and cover with parchment paper
- Using a number 40 cookie scoop or by spoonful’s, drop cookies onto prepared pans, ten per pan, total 30 cookies.
- With wet fingertips, press each cookie down slightly to form a disk and sprinkle the raw sugar over the tops of each cookie.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes until done. Bottoms should be slightly brown and the tops will be light in color and slightly springy when touched.
- Cool on racks.
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