Carrot & Zucchini Bars

(from BearNakedBaker’s recipe box)

makes great cake or cupcakes.
I use my own cream cheese icing recipe and add orange and lemon.

Source: BearNakedBaker

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves 16 people

Categories: Bars/Brownies

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded carrot
  • 1 medium zucchini, shredded (1 cup)
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup golden raisins
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup cooking oil
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Citrus-Cream Cheese Frosting

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. in a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, ginger, and baking soda. In another large bowl stir together eggs, carrot, zucchini, brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, oil, honey, and vanilla. Add carrot mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Spread batter into an ungreased 13×9×2-inch baking pan.

  3. Bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Frost with Citrus-Cream Cheese Frosting. Cut into bars.

  4. Makes 36 bars.

  5. Citrus-Cream Cheese Frosting

  6. Ingredients

  7. 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
  8. 1 cup powdered sugar
  9. 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel or orange peel (optional)

  10. Directions

  11. In a medium mixing bowl beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. If desired, stir in lemon or orange peel.

  12. Nutrition Facts (Carrot and Zucchini Bars)

  13. Servings Per Recipe 36,
  14. cal. (kcal) 125,
  15. Fat, total (g) 7,
  16. chol. (mg) 19,
  17. sat. fat (g) 2,
  18. Monosaturated fat (g) 2,
  19. carb. (g) 16,
  20. Polyunsaturated fat (g) 3,
  21. dietary fiber (g) 1,
  22. sugar (g) 11,
  23. protein (g) 2,

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