Carrot Zucchini Bars

Name: Carrot Zucchini Bars
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
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, squeezed dry; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp ground ginger; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1 (8 oz) pkg reduced fat cream cheese; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 1/2 tsp lemon zest

6 steps

Cook:25min

No need to peel the zucchini

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:38:54 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories112.3 kcal (6%)

Total Fat5.5 g (8%)

Carbs14.8 g (6%)

Sugars10.2 g (11%)

Protein1.8 g (4%)

Sodium52.3 mg (3%)

Fiber0.5 g (2%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

36 servings

¼ cuphoney

1 tspvanilla

1 ½ cupscarrot

shredded

1 cupzucchini

shredded, squeezed dry

½ cupchopped walnuts

1 ½ cupsall-purpose flour

1 tspbaking powder

½ tspground ginger

¼ tspbaking soda

1 x 8 ozreduced fat cream cheese

pkg

1 cuppowdered sugar

1 ½ tsplemon zest

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 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.

Step 2

Squeeze excess liquid out of the grated zucchini and carrot. Then fold in the carrot, zucchini, and walnuts.

Step 3

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

Step 4

Add to flour mixture to the wet mixture. Stir just until combined. Spread batter into an ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

Step 5

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

Step 6

Once the cake is cooled prepare the frosting. In a medium mixing bowl, beat the fosting ingredients with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spread or pipe the frosting over the cooled bars. Makes 36 bars.