Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cookies

Okay, so maybe they aren't really  healthy but for a dessert they are a whole lot healthier than the majority.
I found the recipe that I based this off by a link someone posted on good 'ol Facebook. The original recipe found at The Kitchen Whisperer, isn't that healthy with a cup and a half of white sugar and only wheat flour. But, with some alterations to the dry ingredients it's much healthier. 

Sure, I will admit the originals are prettier but we don't eat food for the looks folks! This cookie is fudgy, moist and so chocolate-y. There was so much chocolate I was almost scared, a very good sign for all you chocolate lovers. I recommend eating these hot from the oven, or warming them up for the full experience of their gooyness. Make sure to cover them tightly once they are cooled. I actually decided to refrigerate them just to be safe since its been hot here.

Ingredients

1/4 cup sprouted almonds heaping
1/3 cup cashew pieces heaping
1/3 cup flax seed, level
1/3 cup buckwheat flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 cup oat flour
1/2 cup dark brown sugar -taste the fruit you are adding and add more sugar if its not very sweet
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup baking cocoa powder Heaping -NOT dutched! Dutching makes it alkaline so it won't interact with the baking soda to rise the cookies


 Try mixing up the flours, seeds and nuts, you could do a hundred variations! Of course, you could just use flour too, but they won't be as exciting!

 -I put the above ingredients in the cuisinart and processed it until it was a course texture.

 Then, I added the below ingredient and mixed just until all the dry spots were gone.
1/2 cup plum puree (or other stone fruit, pear, apple, berry puree)
2 cups shredder/grated zucchini
2 cups dark chocolate chips 

I thought the plum puree was so pretty I had to add extra pictures of it.

And the beautiful cookie dough...

Grease your pan with coconut oil or lard and preheat your oven to 350 °F. Spoon these beauties out with space between them and cook them until they are just firm, 10-12 minutes . Don't overcook them or they will be dry and sad.

This recipe is just one of the many things you can do with the excessive zucchini harvest. I have a nice supply of frozen zucchini for when they are out of season again. What do you do with your zucchini?

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