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📋Healthy Zucchini Bars recipe

These These Healthy Zucchini Bars are not only wholesome they are downright addictive! Chock-full of nutritious ingredients like fresh zucchini, carrots, dried cherries, chia seeds, unsweetened applesauce, and cinnamon, they make a great healthy snack or dessert and are ideal for packing along in the lunch bag!
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Canadian, North American
Keyword bar, carrot, healthy, zucchini
Special Diet Vegetarian, weight watchers
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 12 bars
Calories 185kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • â…“ cup chia seeds
  • 2 eggs slightly beaten
  • 1½ cups shredded carrots *See recipe NOTE if using frozen shredded carrots
  • 2 cups packed cup shredded zucchini *See recipe NOTE if using frozen shredded zucchini
  • â…“ cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup dried cherries
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • â…” cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Instructions

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  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/176 degrees C. Spray a 9X13 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl combine flours, baking powder, cinnamon, chia seeds, baking soda and brown sugar.
    ¾ cups all-purpose flour, ¾ cups whole wheat flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ⅓ cup chia seeds, ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
    dry ingredients in a large glass bowl with a large metal spoon
  • Slightly beat eggs.
    eggs slightly beaten in a small glass bowl
  • In another large bowl stir together eggs, carrot, zucchini, dried cherries, oil, applesauce and vanilla.
    Hint: To better distribute the cherry flavor, chop them up. But be sure to soak them in hot water for 2 minutes and drain, because they are much easier to chop!
    2 eggs, 1½ cups shredded carrots, 2 cups packed cup shredded zucchini, ½ cup dried cherries, ¼ cup canola oil, ⅔ cup unsweetened applesauce, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    wet ingredients mixed together in a glass bowl with a marble silicone spoon
  • Add zucchini mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until combined.
    *If it looks too wet, add a little more all-purpose flour. If it looks too dry, add a little more water. Do this by the tbsp, so you don't end up adding too much at once.
    wet ingredients and dry ingredients mixed together in a glass bowl with a marble silicone spoon
  • Spread batter in prepared baking pan. Bake 20- 25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean and bars are firm to the touch.
    * I usually bake for 20 minutes, then test it. It was perfect for me at 25 minutes.
    batter spread in 9x13 pan
  • Cool in pan and then cut into bars. *You can cut it into 12 or 18 bars.

Notes

* NOTE:    If you use FROZEN shredded zucchini or carrots, use 3 cups of zucchini and 2 cups of carrots and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Use ½ the amount of apple sauce and add a little more at a time,  until it looks like the texture of a loaf batter.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bar | Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 189mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 2941IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 1mg