Spiced Zucchini Carrot Bars Recipes

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.

SKINNY CARROT AND ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, and salt. In another large bowl, stir together egg product, carrot, zucchini, brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, oil, applesauce, 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 the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• For frosting: In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Frost bars with frosting. Cut into bars.

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.

KELLOGG'S* RICE KRISPIES* SPICED APPLE, CARROT AND ZUCCHINI BAR

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix together crushed cereal, flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon.
• In medium bowl mix together egg whites, oil, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in carrot, zucchini, apple and walnuts. Stir into cereal mixture just until combined. Spread in 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9-inch) baking pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) about 20 minutes or until golden brown and wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Sift icing sugar over top. Cut into bars. Store covered in refrigerator.

CARROT AND ZUCCHINI BARS WITH CITRUS-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, ginger and baking soda.
• In another large bowl, combine eggs, carrot, zucchini, oil, honey, vanilla and walnuts and raisins, if used.
• Add carrot mixture to flour mixture, stirring until just combined.
• Spread batter into an ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack.
• Frosting:in a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy.
• Fold in lemon/orange zest.
• Frost and store in the refrigerator.
• Cut into bars to serve.

ZUCCHINI CARROT SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Gradually add the buttermilk, applesauce, carrots, zucchini and vanilla. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form; gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks form. Gently fold into batter., Pour into a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, marshmallow creme, orange juice and vanilla just until combined. Frost cake.

SPICED ZUCCHINI CARROT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan.
• In large bowl, cream brown sugar, sugar and 3/4 cup butter.
• Blend flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon spice mix, eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla into creamed mixture.
• Stir in zucchini and carrots, nuts and coconut.
• Spread dough evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven 30-35 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool.
• MAKE FROSTING: In large bowl, blend all frosting ingredients until smooth and creamy.
• Spread over bars.