These spice bars are loaded with healthy ingredients including carrots, zucchini, and walnuts. This low-sodium recipe is a family pleaser.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: carrot, zucchini
Servings: 0
Author: recipe.com
Ingredients
1 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonground ginger
1/4teaspoonbaking soda
2eggsslightly beaten
1 1/2cupsshredded carrot
1medium zucchinishredded (1 cup)
3/4cuppacked brown sugar
1/2cupraisins
1/2cupchopped walnuts
1/2cupcooking oils
1/4cuphoney
1teaspoonvanilla
Citrus-Cream Cheese Frosting
8ouncescream cheese
1cuppowdered sugar
1teaspoonfinely shredded lemon or orange peeloptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 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 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
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. Makes 36 bars.
Citrus-Cream Cheese Frosting: In a medium mixing bowl beat one 8-ounce package softened cream cheese and 1 cup powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. If desired, stir in 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel or orange peel.