Description
Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free, Gluten Free Option
Zucchini is the secret ingredient that makes all your baked goods the perfect moist texture, and a little bit healthier! Combined with the protein from collagen peptides these apple spice collagen cookies are a perfect healthy snack that tastes like an indulgent treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup grated zucchini (about 1 medium zucchini)
- 1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/2 cup gluten free oats
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour (or gluten free all purpose)
- 1 scoop vanilla collagen (I used Ancient Nutrition)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 chocolate bar (I used a Lily’s dark chocolate) + additional chocolate chips if desired
- Optional: sweetener of choice (can add some stevia, coconut sugar, or cane sugar)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Grate your zucchini. The smaller grater the better. (no need to pat dry).
- Combine your apple sauce, egg, and vanilla in the bowl with your zucchini.
- In another bowl, combine your flour, collagen, spices, sweetener if adding, and baking soda.
- Add your dry ingredients into your wet, and then add in oats.
- Crush your chocolate bar into small pieces, and fold into batter (can also add extra chocolate chips if you want more chocolate 🙂 )
- Using a cookie scooper, scoop batter onto a large cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (I made 24 cookies)
- Bake for 15-17 minutes until edges are golden brown.
Notes
I think these are great without any sweetener but if you want a sweeter cookie you can add some!
If using gluten free all purpose flour you can do a 1 for 1 swap.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie