Carrot-Pumpkin Bars With Orange Icing
Recipe: #4239
January 21, 2012
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Carrot, Pumpkin, Brunch, Christmas, Potluck, Thanksgiving, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Bars, Kosher Dairy, more
"This recipe is from the "Better Homes and Gardens Complete Book of Baking". This is a wonderful recipe. It is very soft and moist with a contrast of carrot, nuts and orange. It would be nice for Thanksgiving. Enjoy! Try cutting them into triangles."
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (67.1 g)
- Calories 236
- Total Fat - 10.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
- Cholesterol - 26.3 mg
- Sodium - 97.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 34.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
- Sugars - 25.7 g
- Protein - 2.9 g
- Calcium - 45.1 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 15x10x1-inch or 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside.
Step 2
In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, orange zest, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Step 3
In a medium bowl combine eggs and brown sugar. Stir in pumpkin, oil, milk, and vanilla. Then stir in carrots and chopped walnuts.
Step 4
Add egg mixture to flour mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until combined.
Step 5
Spread batter into prepared baking pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a 15x10x1 pan or 28 to 33 minutes in a 13x9x2 baking pan, or until tests done. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
Step 6
For Orange Icing: In a mixing bowl combine powdered sugar and enough of the orange liqueur, orange juice or orange concentrate to make an icing that is easy to drizzle.
Step 7
Spread cooled cake with orange icing; cut into triangles or bars. If desired, garnish each bar with a walnut half.
Step 8
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Make-Ahead Tip: Bake bars as directed; cool completely. Do not drizzle with icing. Place cut bars in a freezer container and freeze for up to 1 month. Before serving, thaw for 15 minutes. Prepare Orange Icing and drizzle as directed.
Tips
No special items needed.