Spiced Zucchini Carrot Bars Food

THE BEST ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Grease a 17x11x1 or 15x10x1 pan.
• In a large bowl, add oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix with a hand mixer for 1 minute until well combined.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Whisk to combine.
• Add the dry ingredients in with the wet ingredients. Mix with a hand mixer on low until the dry ingredients are incorporated.
• Fold in the shredded zucchini and carrots.
• Fold in rolled oats and walnuts.
• Spread out on prepared pan. Place in the oven and bake for 24 minutes. Let cool completely and frost.
• In a large bowl, combine butter and cream cheese. Beat with the hand mixer until the mixture is smooth and well combined.
• Add in vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix on low until the powdered sugar is well incorporated. Turn mixer on high and mix for an additional minute or two.
• Spread on cooled bars with an offset spatula.

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.

EXTREMELY HEALTHY FIBER PACKED ZUCCHINI CARROT CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a cake pan (9x13) with nonstick cooking spray.
• Mix together milk with lemon juice. Set aside for 5 minutes.
• Beat egg well, then add brown sugar, sugar, oil and beat together again. Add in vanilla, zucchini, carrots, cranberries and the milk and lemon mixture. Mix together well.
• Put the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nuts if you added any in another bowl. Mix them together.
• Add the dry mixture with the wet mixture, mix together until just combined. Spoon the mixture into the oiled pan and sprinkle some cinnamon sugar mixture onto the top if desired.
• Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until wooden stick inserted into the middle comes out clean and the bars are not sticky in the middle.
• Turn off the oven but don't open the oven or take the pan out, just leave it in there for 5 minutes if you like the outside crispy. Don't overbake, they become really dry and hard.

ZUCCHINI OAT CARROT BARS WITH BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

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.

VEGETABLE LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add red pepper, carrot and onion; cook and stir until crisp-tender. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, yellow squash, zucchini and garlic; cook and stir until squashes are crisp-tender., Stir in tomato paste, broth, brown sugar and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, cook noodles according to package directions; drain., Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix egg and ricotta cheese. Spread 1 cup vegetable mixture into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Layer with two noodles (trim to fit pan), half of the ricotta mixture, about 1-1/2 cups vegetable mixture and two additional noodles. Top with remaining ricotta mixture, noodles and vegetable mixture., Sprinkle with cheeses and Italian seasoning. Bake, uncovered, 30-35 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

SPICY ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix well in a medium bowl: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
• Add shredded zucchini, canola oil, and eggs.
• Pour into greased jelly roll pan.
• Bake at 350F for 30-40 minutes.
• While bars are baking, prepare frosting. Frost bars once cooled.

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.

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.