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Zucchini Carrot Cranberry Bar

If you need something that keeps well during the day and energizes you- — while also giving you the fiber, veggies, and nutrition you need — this snack doesn’t raise the bar, it sets it. Perfect for meal replacement.
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Course Cookies / Brownies / Bars
Cuisine Continental

Servings 1 servings
Calories 2945.82 kcal

Ingredients

  

  • 1 extra large egg (or 2 egg whites)
  • 1/2 cup(s) brown sugar, tightly packed
  • 1/2 cup(s) sugar, tightly packed
  • 2 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract
  • 1 cup(s) milk
  • 1 tablespoon(s) lemon juice (for the buttermilk)
  • 2 cup(s) zucchini, grated
  • 1 cup(s) carrots, grated
  • 2 cup(s) whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup(s) dried cranberries
  • 2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon(s) kosher salt
  • 3 tablespoon(s) natural-style chunky peanut butter Toasted walnuts or almonds or pecans, whatever you like
  • 1 Cinnamon-sugar mixture, for the top if desired:
  • 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon(s) sugar

Instructions

 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Spray a cake pan (9×13) with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Mix together milk with lemon juice.
  • Set aside for 5 minutes.
  • Beat eggs 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 and 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 over-bake, they become really dry and hard.

Nutrition

Calories: 2945.82kcalCarbohydrates: 538.29gProtein: 67.49gFat: 73.97gSaturated Fat: 10.47gCholesterol: 213.22mgSodium: 2596.69mgFiber: 47.47gSugar: 321.96g

Keyword Carrots, Cinnamon, Eggs, High Fiber, Vanilla
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