{Week 27 Vegetable Bonus: Zucchini!}

Still using up that stock of zucchini, and instead of making a meal, I wanted to try this sweet treat (other than zucchini bread...)

This shredded zuke is going to become Zucchini Brownies! The recipe had a gazillion good reviews with some helpful tips...

Recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Zucchini-Brownies/Detail.aspx

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Mmmm, my favorite part of baking... the yummy sugary batter! I haven't grown out of loving that favorite sweet part...

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It's a very dry batter - but don't be tempted to add an egg or a liquid... That's what the zucchini is for...

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It's not much of a batter really... especially not like you are used to with brownies.

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But even as you start to mix it, the batter and zucchini start to moisten... there is hope! And it doesn't exactly "pour" into the baking pan, it kind of "plops"... but you just spread it out in the pan and hope for the best!

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Meanwhile... homemade icing! I've never made it from scratch, and I typically don't like this much chocolate at once, but I wanted to try the recipe as it was given... and boy does it look delicious!

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I did leave it in the oven for an extra 10 minutes until the brownies really "sprung back" when you press the center of them... which I think was maybe a little too long.

You can still see some of the zucchini shreds here, and I was a little leary, but they sure smelled like yummy brownies!

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I taste tested with and without the icing, and even though you could sort of see the zucchini on top, you could not taste is a single bit! I ended up liking it even more with the icing, it was scrum-diddily-umptious!

This may not be a health food, but I'm all for hiding veggies in wherever I can!

Success!

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