Zucchini can be used in a variety of dishes through all courses of a meal - including dessert! With a little creativity and some common sweet ingredients, the garden vegetable can easily be used to make delicious zucchini desserts.
Zucchini Dessert Recipes
From breads to crisp squares, zucchini can be used in an almost endless way to design sweet surprises for post-dinner snacks, finger foods, and other events. One popular zucchini dessert recipe is a snack that looks and tastes much like an apple crisp. In fact, only a few basic ingredients are needed for this zucchini dessert. Sliced zucchini are cooked with a cinnamon and lemon juice mixture for the filling, then topped with a crust made from flour, sugar, salt, and butter. Complete recipes for the zucchini crisp and other zucchini desserts can be found at:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=zucchini+dessert
Zucchini Dessert Ideas
Explore the Cooks.com to get more ideas for ways to incorporate zucchini into dessert dishes. You can also experiment on your own with zucchini and other ingredients to create some of the following ideas:
- Zucchini bread
- Chocolate Zucchini cake
- Zucchini cobbler
- Zucchini apple bread
- Zucchini & fruit bars (Use pineapple, apple, peaches, and more!)
- Zucchini orange cake
Another idea for getting ideas for zucchini recipes is a site that bears its name: http://chocolateandzucchini.com/. The site offers recipes and ideas for all courses and foods - including zucchini desserts - as well as an active forum to exchange ideas and opinions of different dishes.