Zucchini Bars
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine — softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 small zucchini — shredded and drained (1 cup)
1/2 cup chopped nuts
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 350ş. 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.
Yield:
“24 Bars”
Per serving: 101 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat; (37% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 8mg Cholesterol; 86mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates
NOTES : Make It Your Way
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.
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