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.
Ingredients
For 1 people
- 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
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a cake pan (9x13) 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 facts
- Kcal: 2945.82 kcal
- Fibers (g): 47.47g
- Sodium (mg): 2596.69mg
- Carbs: 538.29g
- Fat: 73.97g
- Saturated fat (g): 10.47g
- Proteins: 67.49g