Courgette Cookies are full of goodness. Easy to make for a healthier snack or alternative breakfast. Gluten Free. Optional dairy free.
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Courgette Cookies and the annual ‘zucchini’ glut
These courgette cookies were born out of a need to get inventive due to ‘too many’. Although that begs the question ‘can you have too many courgettes?’
We grow courgette plants every year in our garden. It would seem that they are easy. We haven’t had a failed crop yet. And every year we get excited in the run up to picking the first tender green or yellow ‘fruit’. But three weeks in and we are usually sick of the sight of them. Whether boiled, griddled, roasted or raw, we are ready to eat them differently.
And that’s where baking comes in. Grated courgettes make a perfect addition to anything from cookies and cakes to bread. They add moisture and texture, but surprisingly you cannot taste their ‘vegginess’. Courgettes, also known as ‘zucchini’, are mild and versatile.
And with that proclamation, I present versatility at its finest… Courgette Cookies!




Are Courgette Cookies healthy?
As cookies go, the courgette variety is definitely healthier. Each batch contains about 3 small to medium ‘fruits’ and whether you call them courgette or zucchini, they are good for you. While high in fibre, antioxidants, vitamin C and potassium, they are low calorie, low fat and low sugar… Which must be a good thing in a sweet treat, right?
But courgette cookies also contain plenty of oats and nuts, which are also good sources of fibre, protein, vitamins and minerals. And a lovely spicing of cinnamon and a little ginger for a warming kick too.
Okay… I admit these cookies do contain chocolate. But chocolate isn’t all bad… is it? Although the recipe includes the addition of milk and optional white chocolate, if you opt instead to use high percentage dark chocolate chips and dark chocolate drizzle, there may even be some viable health benefits!
But these cookies don’t need any decoration to be delicious. Drizzling them with a little of the dark stuff however, definitely makes them prettier and more tempting (especially if you are feeding them to the kids).




Zucchini Cookies vs Courgette Biscuits
I use this alternative terminology deliberately. In the UK we have ‘courgettes’ and ‘biscuits’. The US has ‘zucchini’ and ‘cookies’. But is there also a difference in soft cookies vs crisp biscuits depending on which side of the ‘pond’ you live? And which category would these ‘Courgette Cookies’ fall into?
Well… actually both! Baked to the recipe, they make a softer, slightly ‘cakey’ cookie. Leave them in the oven a little longer and dry them with the cooling heat of the oven and you will get a biscuit with a snap. The choice is yours.
So why have I opted to call them ‘cookies’?
The answer to this question is two-fold. Firstly I just liked the alliteration ‘ring’ of ‘courgette cookies’. And secondly, because in the UK, we seem to have adopted the term ‘cookies’ willingly from our American cousins and everyone will know what they are. The same cannot be said for ‘biscuits’ which the Americans think of as our ‘scones’. Courgette or zucchini cookies causes less confusion all round.




How to Store ‘zucchini’ cookies
This recipe makes quite a few cookies, which makes them perfect for sharing. If you are likely to have them last for a few days, they will store well in an airtight container. Beyond that time-frame, they should be frozen and defrosted as and when.




Ways to eat courgette and zucchini (other than courgette cookies)
As straight vegetables
Add lots of your favourite seasoning and make them more interesting by shaving, spiralizing, cubing, fine-cutting into ‘Julienne’ courgette or grating.
- Boiled
- Roasted
- Griddled and grilled
- Fried
- Raw… in salad, with houmous and dips like Baba Ghanoush and Guacamole
In savoury dishes
- Stuffed
- Gratinated (with cheese)
- Curried
- as fritters
- in soups
- on pizza
- with pasta
- in Vegetable Lasagne
- in Buddha Bowls
- as Roll-Ups/ Courgette Sushi appetisers
- on the Barbeque
- in Frittata
In bakes
- Cacao-Courgette (Zucchini) Breakfast Cake
- Courgette & Cherry Cupcakes
- Savoury Summer Upside Down Cake
- Chocolate Courgette Cake




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Courgette Cookies (Zucchini) – gluten free
Key equipment
- grinder/food processor (if making oat flour at home)
- baking sheets
- Oven
- cake pop scoop (optional)
- spoon
- glass bowl – to melt chocolate for decoration (optional)
Ingredients
- 150 g plain gluten free flour blend I used GFA Blend A – see NOTES
- 90 g GF oats
- 50 g GF oat flour easy to grind at home – see NOTES
- 60 g tapioca starch
- 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp GF baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- 180 g unsalted butter or DF alternative softened
- 150 g light soft brown sugar
- 1 large egg UK large
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- 260 g finely grated courgette (approx grated weight) – drained but NOT squeezed
- 45 g roasted hazelnuts chopped
- 200 g chocolate chunks (DF if required) 100g milk & 100g white, or dark for a healthier cookie
- 100 g dark chocolate (DF if required) melted for decoration (optional)
- extra chopped nuts to decorate (optional)
Instructions
- Line a couple of baking sheets with baking paper.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/Gas 4.
- Mix together the flours, oats, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt, making sure any lumps are broken down. TIP: weigh into an airtight container and shake vigorously to blend. Set aside.
- Using an electric whisk, cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla and beat thoroughly.
- Add and fold in the flour mix, grated courgette, nuts and chocolate chunks until the batter is even and well blended.
- Spoon the batter into small mounds on the baking sheets with gaps between for slight spreading. TIP: For even-sized cookies, use a cake pop scoop to make mounds.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until golden and beginning to firm well. For a softer cookie, you may choose to remove from the oven at this stage (leaving on the trays to cool). For a dryer, crisp cookie, turn off the oven and let out a little of the heat, but leave the cookies in there, allowing to cool as the oven cools.
To decorate
- Once cool, melt a little chocolate and drizzle across the tops of the cookies (optional).
Notes
Nutrition
© 2019-2023 Kate Dowse All Rights Reserved – Do not copy or re-publish this recipe or any part of this recipe on any other blog, on social media or in a publication without the express permission of Gluten Free Alchemist
Courgette Cookies shared with :
- Fiesta Friday #339 with Angie
- The Great Cookie Exchange with The Lazy Gastronome
- What’s For Dinner #265 with The Lazy Gastronome
- Full Plate Thursday #498 with Miz Helen’s Country Cottage
These cookies will be going in my cookie jar, just love the recipe! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us at Full Plate Thursday and please come back soon!
Miz Helen
No worries Helen. You’re so welcome . And thank you! x
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You’re welcome. Thank you for hosting Marilyn. x
I’m always glad to see new zucchini recipes! These look great!
Thank you Tera. x
Another creative recipe using veggies! Love it
Thank you Deborah.
Veggies in cookies has got to be good… right?! x
I’ve never had zucchini cookies but what a great idea! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Hope your week is great.
Thank you Helen.
I like to try something different every now and then and there are so many courgettes right now, it’s a good time to play with them x
Said it before but these cookies are GENIUS!! Love the drizzle-y chocolate on top too! YUM!! Just need some courgettes Thanks for sharing with #CookBlogShare 🙂
Thanks Midge. I’ll take that.
The chocolate takes them to another level x
I love baking with courgette, your cookies look yummy!
Me too Kat… and thank you.
It’s definitely the time of year for courgette experiments! x
We’ve got a glut of courgettes at the moment so this is a recipe I will be trying very soon. I often put courgette in cakes but have never tried it in cookies before.
Thank you Beth. I hope you enjoy them x
These look really cute, and am always looking for new ways to cook zucchini: thank you!
Thanks Melissa.
You’re welcome x
I don’t have a homegrown glut just yet but fingers crossed for next year. This is going on my to-make list anyway, I’ll just buy some!
Ha ha! The courgette glut is both a blessing and a curse! But if I had none in the garden, I would still buy some to make these x
These look and sound so wholesome and delicious! I keep meaning to bake with courgettes, can't believe I've not tried it yet!
Thanks Aimee. I think courgettes are one of the best veggies to cook with because they don't have a strong flavour in bakes. Grab some while they are still in season and make something quick!
Oh my, these cookies look so inviting. Who would have thought they are made with courgettes! Very clever idea and fabulous ingredients combination. Your presentation is lovely.
Thank you Alida. They were surprisingly good and quite virtuous!
My mum echoes almost your very words. She really hates going back to shop bought veg after the garden produce we enjoy through summer. These courgette cookies are the best looking I've seen. I wasn't convinced before that I'd like them but I am now!
Try them Laura! They've convinced me!!
Oh I've got to sort my veg growing out for next year. We just weren't around enough this year and I miss all the veg. Your cookies look amazing x
Thanks Dom. You must! I couldn't be without home-grown now….. Just make sure you pick a few things that don't mind a bit of neglect and you rope in a few friends to ensure an occasional watering!
These look delicious. I've never had a courgette cookie before. Love the oats in their too. Such a shame the summer is nearly over
Thank you Katie. I'd never had one either, but I will certainly be having them again!