Carrot and Zucchini Bars With Citrus-Cream Cheese Frosting

photo by Mary K.
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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36 bars
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1⁄2 cups carrots, shredded
- 1 cup zucchini, shredded (~1 medium zucchini)
- 1⁄2 cup raisins (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Citrus-Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon lemons, zest of or 1 teaspoon orange zest
directions
- 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.
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Reviews
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These are tasty. Rather than calling it a bar, I would say it's more cake-like. I substituted part of the sugar with xylitol in the bar and stevia in the frosting. I used a mix of regular and wheat flour. I put in chocolate chips instead of raisins just because I love chocolate. For the frosting, I didn't have enough regular cream cheese, so instead I used a tub of Philly brand honey nut flavor cream cheese. Thanks for posting this.
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We really enjoyed these. I didn't have any zest for the cream cheese frosting so I added a little (less then 1 tbsp) orange juice. I also used previously frozen zuchini that I squeezed the water from. I also used all whole wheat pastry flour which makes me feel more virtous when I eat baked goods! Really nice bar recipe Roosie!
Tweaks
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These are tasty. Rather than calling it a bar, I would say it's more cake-like. I substituted part of the sugar with xylitol in the bar and stevia in the frosting. I used a mix of regular and wheat flour. I put in chocolate chips instead of raisins just because I love chocolate. For the frosting, I didn't have enough regular cream cheese, so instead I used a tub of Philly brand honey nut flavor cream cheese. Thanks for posting this.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Roosie
San Francisco, CA