Carrot and Zucchini Bars with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

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(from ptholland’s recipe box)

Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • •3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • •1/2 cup canola oil
  • •1/4 cup honey
  • •1 tsp vanilla
  • •1 1/2 cups shredded carrot
  • •1 cup shredded zucchini
  • •1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • •1 1/2 cups Almond flour or buckwheat
  • •1 tsp baking powder
  • •1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • •1/4 tsp baking soda

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, brown sugar, oil, honey, and vanilla. Don’t worry about clumps of the brown sugar, those will dissolve as it sits while you prepare the remaining ingredients. Then fold in the carrot, zucchini, and walnuts

  2. In another bowl combine add the flour, baking powder, ginger, and baking soda. Whisk to blend together.

  3. Add to flour mixture to the wet mixture. Stir just until combined. Spread batter into an ungreased 13×9×2-inch baking pan.

  4. Bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

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