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    Everyday Food, September 2009
    • Yield Makes 25 cookies
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    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
    • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
    • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 1 teaspoon packed finely grated lemon zest
    • 1 teaspoon coarse salt
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)
    • 1/2 cup fine cornmeal
    • 1 medium zucchini, grated on small holes of a box grater (about 1 cup)

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar with a wooden spoon until pale and fluffy. Stir in vanilla, lemon zest, and salt. Add flour and cornmeal and mix until mixture is crumbly. Add zucchini and stir until a thick dough forms.
    2. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons, 2 inches apart, onto two parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until cookies are light golden brown at edges, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cool completely on wire racks.

    Recipe Reviews

    • mmckee
      12 Sep, 2011

      These are delicious! I'm not sure if grating the zucchini so finely made it juicier, but I squeezed as much moisture out as I could after grating, and the texture of the finished cookies was great. The flecks of salt are so tasty. I highly recommend giving these a try!

    • tkmaz
      31 Oct, 2009

      OMG. Delish!!!!!

      MUST use coarse salt - that salty/sugary combo just goes POW! Loved it! My kids even ate these...ha ha...hiding veggies inside! ;)

      The people who didn't like these had underdeveloped tastebudes or did something worng....

      OUTSTANDING!

    • misserin
      4 Oct, 2009

      I made these and they were really good. Turned out perfectly. I made them a bit smaller and got 32 cookies from 1 batch.

    • gladiola
      30 Sep, 2009

      What is the reason for mixing the butter and the sugar with a wooden spoon? Are there no eggs or baking soda/and or powder in this recipe?

    • LIzatbeach
      30 Sep, 2009

      I tried making these and they were not good. Don't know what I did wrong, followed the recipe exactally, except I doubled the batch- but still only got 25 cookies, using
      rounded tablespoon, ??? Did not look like the pic and did not taste good. I was sure an ingredient must be missing from the recipe. No??

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