This Zucchini Crisp recipe is a delicious zucchini dessert that tastes just like apple crisp, but uses a lot of shredded zucchini, and is super healthy and easy to make!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Keyword apple crisp, crisp, shredded zucchini, zucchini
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C ). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Filling
Shred zucchini (fine). *You do NOT need to peel it before shredding
In a large bowl, combine zucchini, ¼ cup of the brown sugar, lemon zest, maple syrup, vanilla extract, water, cornstarch and cinnamon.
Mix together.
Pour zucchini mixture into baking dish then dot with spray whipped cream.
Topping
In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients (oats, flour, cinnamon and remainder of brown sugar). Cut in butter (or grate - see HINT) until mixture resembles coarse crumb.
HINT: * an easy way to cut in butter, is to use a grater with cold or ideally frozen butter
Sprinkle crumb topping over zucchini mixture.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 -40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
Garnish with additional whipped cream, cinnamon and lemon peel, if desired. Or serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Notes
*Please see post contents for important recipe information and tips!Â