1-½cupswhole-wheat pastry flour or white whole-wheat flour
½teaspoonground ginger
1teaspoonground cinnamon
1teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
2largeeggs
1-½cupsshredded carrots (about 3 medium)
1cupshredded zucchini
¾cuppacked light brown sugar
½cupraisins
½cupchopped walnuts
¼cupcanola oil
¼cuppureed carrots (I used a small jar of baby food carrots)
¼cuphoney, or maple syrup
For the citrus icing:
8ouncesreduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1cuppowdered sugar
1teaspoonfresh lemon juice or orange juice
1teaspoonfinely shredded lemon or orange zest (optional)
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350F degrees. Lightly grease the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch pan. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder and salt until well blended.
In another bowl stir together the eggs, shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, oil, pureed carrots and honey until well blended.
Stir the carrot zucchini mixture into the flour mixture just until blended.
Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely.
Sprinkle the cooled carrot zucchini bars with a dusting of powdered sugar or spread with citrus cream cheese frosting made with reduced-fat cream cheese.
To make the icing, in a mixing bowl, beat the reduced-fat cream cheese, sugar, juice and zest until fluffy.
Recipe Notes
Serving size" 1 frosted zucchini barClick here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.7*SmartPoints (Green plan)7*SmartPoints (Blue plan)7*SmartPoints (Purple plan)4*PointsPlus (Old plan)1 bar without icing: 111 calories, 4.1 g fat, 17.6 g carbs, 0.9 g fiber, 2.3 g protein, *3 Weight Watchers Points Plus, *5 Weight Watchers SmartPoints, *5 Freestyle SmartPoints
Nutrition Facts
Skinny Carrot Zucchini Bars Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 bar with icing)
Calories 156Calories from Fat 57
% Daily Value*
Fat 6.3g10%
Carbohydrates 22.6g8%
Fiber 0.9g4%
Protein 3.2g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.