Wednesday, July 25, 2012

zucchini cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup applesauce
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup grated zucchini
1 cup chocolate chips
* Optional Items: Protein powder, wheat germ, craisins, etc.

Cream together sugar, butter, applesauce and egg. When well blended add dry ingredients, add zucchini and chocolate chips. When well blended spoon out onto cookie sheet sprayed with pam. Bake at 375 for 10-12 min. Makes about 3 dozen. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts: per 1 cookie
Calories: 86
Fat: 3 grams
(2 grams saturated, 1 mono-unsaturated)
Carbs: 14 grams
Fiber: 1 gram
Protein: 1 gram

This is great when compared to an average homemade chocolate chip cookies which would be about 120-150 calories, and around 7-10 grams of fat for one cookie.

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