Carrot And Zucchini Bars With Citrus Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

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.

Steps:

• 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. Then fold in the carrot, zucchini, and walnuts.
• In another bowl combine add the flour, baking powder, ginger, and baking soda. Whisk to blend together.
• Add to flour mixture to the wet mixture. Stir just until combined. Spread batter into a greased 13x9 inch baking pan.
• Bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• 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.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan or cookie sheet, and line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs oil, vanilla and sugar until smooth (about 2 minutes).
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt baking powder, baking soda.
• Add the flour mixture into the oil/egg mixture and blend well to combine (about 2 minutes).
• Fold in zucchini, carrots, oats and nuts; blend well to combine.
• Transfer to prepared pan.
• Bake for about 22-25 minutes.
• To make frosting: Mix/beat all ingredients together until smooth, adding more confectioners sugar to achieve desired consistancy to spread.
• Spread on cooled cake.
• Cut into bars.

Steps:

• Cook zucchini in lemon juice until tender, use often.
• Add 1 cup sugar, nutmeg and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and vanilla and let simmer for two minutes.
• While zucchini cooks, combine the flour, 2 cups sugar, salt and margarine in a large bowl and mix well.
• Add 1/2 cup of the crumb mixture to the zucchini to thicken, stir well, turn off the heat after thick.
• Pat 1/2 of the remaining crumb mixture into a greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake at 375°Fs for 10 minutes.
• Spread zucchini evenly over the crust.
• Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the remaining crumb mixture and spread over the top of the zucchini.
• Bake at 375°F for 30-40 minutes, until bubbling around the crust.
• Let cool before cutting into bars. Can be warmed up in microwave and top with ice cream.

Steps:

• Bars:.
• Combine oil, sugar, and eggs in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended.
• In another bowl, combine the flour and next 5 ingredients; stir well. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in zucchini.
• Pour the batter into an ungreased 15 x 10 x 1 inch jellyroll pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Once cool, spread cream cheese frosting evenly over the top; cut into bars.
• Frosting:.
• Combine the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in a small mixing bowl; beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar, beating until the frosting is smooth. Spread on the cooled zucchini bars.