CARROT PUMPKIN BARS WITH ORANGE
ICING
 
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. finely shredded orange peel
1/4 tsp. salt
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup milk
2/3 cup cooking oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup finely shredded carrots
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, orange peel, baking soda, and salt. Set the flour mixture aside. In a medium bowl combine eggs and brown sugar. Stir in pumpkin, oil, milk, and vanilla. Then stir in carrots and chopped walnuts or pecans. Add egg mixture to flour mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until combined. Spread batter into the prepared pan.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Spread with Orange Icing. Cut into triangles or bars.

Icing:

1 to 1 tbsp. orange juice
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

In a mixing bowl combine powdered sugar and enough of the orange juice to make an icing that is easy to drizzle.

 

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