Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pureed zucchini puts a healthier twist on these chocolate chip cookies also made with whole wheat flour and light margarine.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 69 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg white
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 ½ cups granular sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
• ¾ cup light margarine
• 1 ½ cups pureed zucchini

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets.

Step 2

Combine sucralose sweetener and margarine in a large bowl; beat together until creamy. Beat in egg white and vanilla extract. Stir in zucchini.

Step 3

Combine whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into the zucchini mixture. Mix in chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.