Chocolate Zucchini Breakfast Cookies
Chocolatey breakfast cookies with hidden veggies that toddlers will love!
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup almond flour
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ cup peanut butter or almond butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp honey
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup finely shredded zucchini squeezed very well to remove moisture
- 2-3 tbsp chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Finely shred zucchini and squeeze thoroughly in a paper towel or dish towel to remove excess moisture.
- In a bowl, mix well: oats, almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
- Then add: applesauce, nut butter, egg, honey, and vanilla. Mix until just combined
- Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips.
- Scoop about 2 tbsp of dough per cookie onto the baking sheet and gently flatten slightly.
- Bake for 12–14 minutes, until set.
- Allow cookies to cool so they firm up.