Carrot Bars |
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25-30 minutes Serves: 40 pieces
You can make this recipe with a similar amount of cooked pumpkin, cooked sweet potato or banana |
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Ingredients:
| 1 |
cup sugar |
| 1/2 |
cup vegetable oil |
| 1/4 |
applesauce |
| 2 |
jars baby food carrots |
| 2 |
eggs, beaten |
| 1 1/4 |
cup flour |
| 1 |
tsp vanilla |
| 1 |
tsp baking soda |
| 1 |
tsp cinnamon |
| 1/2 |
tsp salt |
| 1/2 |
cup nuts, chopped (optional) |
| Icing (optional) |
| 1/4 |
cup soft margarine |
| 1 1/2 |
cups powdered sugar |
| 3 |
oz light cream sheese |
| 1 |
tsp vanilla |
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Preheat oven to 350o F.
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In a large bowl, mix sugar, oil, applesauce, baby food carrots, eggs, flour, 1 tsp of vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nuts (optional) together. |
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Bake in 13" x 9" greased and floured pan 25-30 minutes. |
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While bars bake, mix icing (optional): margarine, powdered sugar, light cream cheese, and 1 tsp vanilla. |
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When bars are baked, cool, spread with icing or sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut into bars. Serve. |
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Nutrients per serving
1 piece |
| Calories |
71 |
Saturated Fat |
0.5 g |
Iron |
0.3 mg |
| Protein |
1 g |
Cholesterol |
11 mg |
Calcium |
4 mg |
| Carbohydrate |
10 g |
Vitamin A |
86 RE |
Sodium |
73 g |
| Total Fat |
3 g |
Vitamin C |
0 mg |
Dietary Fiber |
0 g |
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Introduce your child to different forms a food can take. At snacktime, let your child choose raw apple, apple juice or applesauce—or a small amount of all three. Talk about different textures of these foods, which one your child likes best, and why.
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