Bonding over chunky Zucchini Cookies

I’ve always loved spending time with my youngest baby brother, Wils. Every time I bake on a weekend and he’s finished with his homework, I drag him down to the kitchen to have a baking bonding session with me. I reckon it’s a lot more educational than watching cartoons. Sometimes I purposefully pick out recipes that I think he would have fun with. He loved it when we made Rainbow Cupcakes (which perhaps I will share here when we make some during his summer break), and he also had much fun putting on itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polkadot bikinis on Mini Gingerbread Cookies for Christmas last year. If you’re curious, here’s a photo.

But let’s talk about these amazing zucchini cookies. These cookies had a wonderfully colourful batter, came out so chunky and chewy, and were incredibly filling because of the oats and other ingredients. And it is overloaded with so many toppings and cookie-goodness imaginable, it’s difficult not to love these. It’s rather healthy-looking as well [it looks a bit like granola bars, doesn't it?], because of those lovely specks of zucchini and dried fruit.

Wils and I want to make these again. And again and again and again!

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Devour-worthy Triple Chocolate Zucchini Bread

I’m not a big sweets and confections eater, but I have such a fondness for chocolate, dark chocolate in particular, that I would venture to say it is one of my ultimate food-related weaknesses. Wave a dark chocolate bar at me and chances are you’d get me to do you a small favor. If it’s a big favor, then something with at least 60% cacao of a brand that is hard to pronounce would be wonderful. I’m joking, of course. In all seriousness though, I think there is a chance I would be able to have people do me favors with this particular recipe.

It’s becoming quite difficult to be a conscious eater and a baker at the same time! The gorgeousness and the lovely chocolatey smell of this bread screams, “EAT ME! EAT ME NOW!” And the tiny gooey bits of chocolate in the middle of the bread are a wonderful surprise as you bite your way to your next slice.
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