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Frosted Cucumber Cookies

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Posted:10/6/16
Updated:10/15/19
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CHEWY Frosted Cucumber Cookies made with 1 cup grated cucumber to make healthy cookies! It’s the perfect easy cookie recipe to make with kids to show them vegetables can be yummy! The cute cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the sugar frosting on top! Who knew baking with cucumbers could be so delicious!

Cucumbers aren’t just for making pickles with (although they are sure are yummy).  You can also bake with cucumber, similar to how you’d use zucchini or pumpkin (check out my Cucumber Bread recipe!).  All you have to do is remove the seeds and grate the cucumber to get a similar texture.  

Chewy yummy Frosted Cucumber Cookies are classic tasting cookies but made with 1 cup grated cucumber to add some nutrients! The cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the frosting on top! It's the perfect cookie to make for your family!

Cucumber Dessert Recipe

I’ve been using cucumber in multiple baking recipes this Summer, like this Sugar Glazed Cucumber Bread, and we’ve been loving it! 

For this recipe I was inspired by Oatmeal Sugar Cookies that I used to love as a kid.  This recipe uses no oatmeal, but it has the same chewy consistency, along with the sugar frosting.    The cucumber is hardly tasted in this recipe, but slightly visible with beautiful green specks decorating the cookie here or there.

Chewy yummy Frosted Cucumber Cookies are classic tasting cookies but made with 1 cup grated cucumber to add some nutrients! The cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the frosting on top! It's the perfect cookie to make for your family!

After family and friends tell you they love the cookies then you can tell them they are made with cucumbers.  They will be shocked, trust me, I do it all the time!   Then they’ll ask you for the recipe! 

Chewy yummy Frosted Cucumber Cookies are classic tasting cookies but made with 1 cup grated cucumber to add some nutrients! The cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the frosting on top! It's the perfect cookie to make for your family!

Enjoy these Frosted Cucumber Cookies! I think you will love these healthy-ish cookies!

Chewy yummy Frosted Cucumber Cookies are classic tasting cookies but made with 1 cup grated cucumber to add some nutrients! The cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the frosting on top! It's the perfect cookie to make for your family!

Chewy yummy Frosted Cucumber Cookies are classic tasting cookies but made with 1 cup grated cucumber to add some nutrients! The cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the frosting on top! It's the perfect cookie to make for your family!
Chewy yummy Frosted Cucumber Cookies are classic tasting cookies but made with 1 cup grated cucumber to add some nutrients! The cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the frosting on top! It's the perfect cookie to make for your family!

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Chewy Frosted Cucumber Cookies are classic tasting cookies made with 1 cup grated cucumber to add some healthy nutrients! It’s the perfect easy cookie recipe to make with kids to show them vegetables can be yummy! The cute cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the sugar frosting on top! Who knew baking with cucumbers could be so delicious! 

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CHEWY Frosted Cucumber Cookies made with 1 cup grated cucumber to make healthy cookies! It’s the perfect easy cookie recipe to make with kids to show them vegetables can be yummy! The cute cookies are soft and you will fall in love with the sugar frosting on top! Who knew baking with cucumbers could be so delicious!
serves 24

Ingredients

For Cookies

  • 1/2 cup butter - softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup grated cucumber peeled, seeds removed, drained - see notes
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

For Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

  • In a large bowl mix butter and sugar together with hand mixer. Beat in egg.
  • Add in grated cucumber and stir with a spoon.
  • Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg and continue mixing.
  • Add chopped pecans into the bowl. Mix so equally distributed.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 2 cookie sheets.
  • Roll dough into tablespoon sized balls and place on cookie sheets.
  • Bake 12-13 minutes. Allow to cool.

For Glaze

  • Mix powdered sugar and milk together in bowl with a spoon.
  • Once cookies are cool, dip each one into the glaze.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

To get 1 cup grated cucumbers: peel your cucumbers, remove the seeds and grate with cheese grater. After cucumbers are grated, drain them for 30 minutes to remove excess water.
Course:Dessert
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  1. FLY says

    July 18, 2022 at 3:50 pm

    Awesome! I changed it bit by adding 1/cup butterscotch chips, vanilla, and walnuts instead of pecans. Sooo light and sweet enought without frosting. Will try adding raisens next time instead of chips. A real KEEPER!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      July 19, 2022 at 9:38 am

      That sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing, happy you liked the cookies! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Christine says

    August 22, 2021 at 4:39 pm

    I was a little skeptical about “cucumber cookies”, but we had so many cucumbers I thought I’d give it a try. These were SO good! You can taste a hint of the cucumber taste but the spices are a nice combination. And so fluffy! Thank you for the great, unique recipe!
    Question- do you know if they freeze well?

    Reply
  3. Marlene Silva says

    November 27, 2020 at 4:02 pm

    I really liked the texture & softness of the cookies. I found the nutmeg & cloves too overwhelming. Could not taste the cucumber. Would make them again leaving those out & using more cinnamon.

    Reply
  4. Angeline Huscroft says

    September 12, 2020 at 11:49 am

    I didn’t count looks like about 100 cucumbers this year, everything else was dormant pretty much, bad year for the garden late summer early rain, I will be making the cookies and the loaf, already pickled and also some refrigerator pickles, any other ideas please let me know, gave away a lot too. Thank you! Maple Ridge BC

    Reply
  5. Dawn says

    August 18, 2020 at 12:38 pm

    Not a bad tasting cookie. Has a unique flavor. Very good summer recipe. I only needed to cook for 10 minutes and I did not put batter in fridge overnight. I could see adding some almond extract to the cookie or even the icing.

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 18, 2020 at 7:09 pm

      Hey Dawn, I’m happy to hear you liked these cookies, thanks for commenting! Love the idea of adding some almond extract!

      Reply
  6. Amy Jorquera says

    April 27, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    Interested in trying! Did you drain cucumbers with salt?

    Reply
  7. Alishia Lindsay says

    September 7, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    Yummy. Just made these. I had no pecans so i put in milk chocolate chips. With the chocolate in it there was no need to put icing on them. Very good!! a great way to use up the cucumbers 😀

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      September 10, 2018 at 9:37 am

      hey Alishia – I love the addition of chocolate chips! Thanks for commenting and letting me know you made the cookies!

      Reply
  8. Katie says

    August 2, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    I just made these cookies today, they are the perfect summer cookie! They are super soft, almost cake-like cookie. And due to these cookies my kids unknowingly ate cucumber and that’s saying a lot!! And I made 6 more loaves of your cucumber bread to bring to loved ones. Just love these recipes!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 3, 2018 at 12:54 pm

      Hey Katie, thank you so much for commenting and letting me know you liked these cookies (and your kids! high 5!)! Hope all your loved ones like the cucumber bread!

      Reply
    • foltz says

      August 24, 2018 at 12:58 pm

      Thank you for the wonderful comments,didn’t want to try these until I read a review by someone who actually made them. Thank you…… I will try these recipes also.

      Reply
      • ML says

        April 23, 2020 at 2:15 pm

        Is it necessary to leave in fridge overnight before baking? Didn’t read the recipe through and am excited to put them in the oven lol

        Reply
  9. Gracie says

    July 6, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    I went a different direction with vanilla and peanut butter chips instead of cinnamon and nutmeg . I’ll let you know how it works out.

    Reply
  10. Rolanda says

    October 13, 2017 at 12:49 am

    Love em!
    Made these GF, baked for 14 min, perfect! Crispy & soft. Finally, a successful gf cookie
    They’re fantastic without frosting.
    Used cinnamon instead of cloves.
    YUMMY and now on the regular baking list!
    Thank you :0)

    Reply
  11. Emily says

    October 16, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    I have never considered using cucumbers in cookies, but now I am so intrigued by your recipe! Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday – I pinned these to our party board!

    Reply
  12. Cakespy says

    October 12, 2016 at 8:47 am

    LIKE WHOA. Must try this!

    Reply
  13. grace says

    October 10, 2016 at 10:17 am

    how wonderfully wacky and weird in the best way! 🙂

    Reply
  14. Allie | In This Kitchen says

    October 9, 2016 at 3:53 pm

    Haha, I came to write a comment amazed at the creativity of this recipe, and I see others have already written the same thing! Cucumber cookies sounds crazy and cool! I really want to try one now.

    Reply
  15. Kelly says

    October 7, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    These cookies sound amazing! I love the cucumber in here! Such a great way to hide some veggies in your sweets! So yummy!

    Reply
  16. Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says

    October 7, 2016 at 8:27 am

    Frosted cucumber cookies? Wow! What a genius idea. I have never had anything like this before. I love cucumber so I know I will love these beauties too! 🙂

    Reply
  17. Monica says

    October 7, 2016 at 8:01 am

    How cool is this!! I have heard of and made zucchini cookies but cucumber!! Makes sense and so original. So good of you to introduce this to us. Must be so good with that layer of frosting. : )

    Reply
  18. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    October 7, 2016 at 7:24 am

    OH MY HEAVENS!!! My mind is BLOWN! Pamela – this recipe is beyond brilliant! When I saw the title in my email, I figured you used cucumber slices in a unique way – but grating cucumbers and adding them to a cookie mix – why, I have no words! Fantastic recipe, my friend! Happy Friday!

    Reply
  19. All That I'm Eating says

    October 7, 2016 at 6:22 am

    What a great idea for cucumbers!

    Reply
  20. Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says

    October 6, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    I cannot believe you baked with cucumber! I didn’t even know that this was a thing. Love it!

    Reply
  21. marcie says

    October 6, 2016 at 1:36 pm

    I would’ve never thought to bake with cucumber but it does make sense…if you can bake with zucchini why not cucumber? These cookies look just delicious!

    Reply
  22. [email protected]'s Recipes says

    October 6, 2016 at 11:31 am

    This could have been the most creative cookie recipe I have ever read…cucumber in cookies…amazing!

    Reply

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