grandma's carrot zucchini bars
(2 ratings)
Grandma discovered how easy it was to grown zucchini and went on a search for ways to use them. Here is one of my favorite recipes of hers from the early 1980's.
(2 ratings)
yield
36 small bars
prep time
15 Min
cook time
25 Min
Ingredients For grandma's carrot zucchini bars
- BARS:
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1 1/2 call purpose flour
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3/4 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 tspbaking powder
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1/2 tspground ginger
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1/4 tspbaking soda
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2 lgeggs, slightly beaten
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1 1/2 cshredded carrots
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1 cshredded zucchini
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1/2 craisins
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1/2 cchopped walnuts, optional
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1/2 cvegetable oil
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1/4 choney
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1 tspvanilla extract
- CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
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1 pkg(8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
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1 cpowdered sugar
How To Make grandma's carrot zucchini bars
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1BARS: 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.
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2Bake 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.
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3CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Beat ingredients together in using a mixer. When well combined and fluffy spread on bars. Store any leftovers in refrigerator.
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