Zucchini Whoopie Pie Cookies Recipe
Soft and puffy zucchini cookies filled with a delicious cream cheese frosting.
Serving24 people
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs, beaten fluffy
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1½ cups zucchini, finely grated
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 cups flour
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3 Tablespoon butter, softened
- 1¾ cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl combine butter, sugar, brown sugar. Then add in beaten eggs and vanilla. Add baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg and flour. Mix until all blended together. Then fold in grated zucchini.
- Drop batter onto cookie sheet in about the size of a 1 1/4 inch cookie dough ball. These cookies tend to grow during cooking.
- Bake for about 11 minutes.
- Remove from cookie sheet onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Then mix all of the frosting ingredients together until smooth and frost one cookie. Add another one on top to make a whoopie pie sandwich cookie.
Notes
- You'll need 2 medium zucchinis for this recipe or 1 large zucchini
Nutrition
Calories: 205 kcal · Carbohydrates: 35 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 7 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 30 mg · Sodium: 189 mg · Potassium: 68 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 22 g · Vitamin A: 223 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 32 mg · Iron: 1 mg