Spiced Zucchini Carrot Bars Recipes

ZUCCHINI BARS WITH SPICE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Mix brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in zucchini and walnuts. Spread batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting, about 1 hour.
• Mix frosting with cloves in a bowl. Spread over the zucchini bars.

EXTREMELY HEALTHY FIBER PACKED ZUCCHINI CARROT CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a cake pan (9x13) with nonstick cooking spray.
• Mix together milk with lemon juice. Set aside for 5 minutes.
• Beat egg well, then add brown sugar, sugar, oil and beat together again. Add in vanilla, zucchini, carrots, cranberries and the milk and lemon mixture. Mix together well.
• Put the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nuts if you added any in another bowl. Mix them together.
• Add the dry mixture with the wet mixture, mix together until just combined. Spoon the mixture into the oiled pan and sprinkle some cinnamon sugar mixture onto the top if desired.
• Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until wooden stick inserted into the middle comes out clean and the bars are not sticky in the middle.
• Turn off the oven but don't open the oven or take the pan out, just leave it in there for 5 minutes if you like the outside crispy. Don't overbake, they become really dry and hard.

ZUCCHINI-CARROT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom of 15x10x1-inch pan with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray. In large bowl, stir together bar ingredients until well mixed. Spread in pan.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In large bowl, beat together frosting ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. If needed, add more milk to make a spreadable consistency. Spread over cooled bars. Cut into 2x1-inch bars. Garnish with raspberries and mint leaves. Store in refrigerator.

GRANDMA'S CARROT ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• 1. BARS: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In one bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, ginger, and baking soda. Set aside. In another bowl mix eggs, carrot, zucchini,raisins, walnuts, oil, honey, and vanilla. Stir together flour mixture and egg/carrot mixture. Spread batter in an ungreased 9 by 13 inch pan.
• 2. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of mixture comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completely. When completely cool frost with cream cheese frosting. Garnish with chopped nuts if desired.
• 3. CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Beat ingredients together in using a mixer. When well combined and fluffy spread on bars. Store any leftovers in refrigerator.