Zucchini Bars
A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Zucchini Bars.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 0.3 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 0.5 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp ground cloves
- 1 small zucchini, shredded and drained (1 cup)
- 0.5 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
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Clove-Spiced Frosting -- (recipe follows) CLOVE-SPICED FROSTING 3/4 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon butter or margarine -- softened 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 3 teaspoons milk (3 to 4 teaspoons) Heat oven to 350º. Grease square pan, 8 × 8 × 2 or 9 × 9 × 2 inches. Mix brown sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. Stir in zucchini and nuts. Spread batter in pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely. Frost with Clove-Spiced Frosting. Cut 6 rows by 4 rows. CLOVE-SPICED FROSTING: Mix all ingredients until smooth and spreadable. ____________________ Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved Betty Crocker® Recipe. You may notice that the nutritional information calculated by MasterCook is different from the nutritional information listed in the Betty Crocker® cookbooks. Because MasterCook and Betty Crocker® use different nutritional analysis programs and different nutrient databases, variations in results are expected. "© General Mills, Inc. 1998." "24 Bars" Page 242 Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 8mg Cholesterol; 86mg Sodium Other Carbohydrates Christmas Bars feature pretty green and red speckles. Add 1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries to the recipe. "I Don't Have That" No cloves in the spice rack? Replace with ground nutmeg in both the bars and the frosting. Page 243