Description
Delight your taste buds with these moist and flavorful Frosted Zucchini Spice Bars. A hidden gem of a recipe that will have everyone asking for more!
Ingredients
Scale
For the Bars:
- 1 cup grated zucchini
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
For the Frosting:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven and prepare pan: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease/flour a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Cream butter and sugar: In a large bowl, cream butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla: Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla extract.
- Mix dry ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
- Combine wet and dry: Gradually add dry ingredients to wet, mix until just combined.
- Fold in zucchini: Gently fold in grated zucchini.
- Bake: Pour batter into pan, bake for 25-30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool and frost: Cool bars in pan, then mix powdered sugar and milk for frosting. Spread over bars.
- Serve: Cut into squares and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 240
- Sugar: 26g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
Keywords: Zucchini Spice Bars, Frosted Bars, Dessert Recipe, Zucchini Recipe, Spice Bars
