These are good for breakfast as well as a healthy snack. All the food groups are included. A nutritious and delicious way to get your kids to eat their vegetables!
1½ cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup shredded zucchini
1½ cups shredded carrot
¾ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
½ cup raisins
½ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350º. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger and nutmeg in large bowl. In separate bowl, combine eggs, carrot, zucchini, brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, honey, vegetable oil and vanilla. Mix well and then add to flour mixture. Mix just until combined. Spread into ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Bake in 350º oven 25-30 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan completely on wire rack. Frost with Citrus Cream Cheese Frosting.
8 oz package cream cheese
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 tsp finely shredded lemon peel
Beat the cream cheese and sugar together until smooth and fluffy. Add lemon peel and frost. Cut into 36 bars.
© Crackerberries 2009
