Best Carrot And Raisin Bars Recipes

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CARROT RAISIN BARS



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Love carrot cake? Try a sweet cousin in bar form made with the help of a cake mix.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h40m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ carrot cake mix
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
2 eggs
3/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease and flour bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan, or spray with baking spray with flour.
  • In large bowl, mix cake mix, oil, water and eggs with spoon. Stir in raisins and nuts. Spread evenly in pan with metal icing spatula or dinner knife.
  • Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until bars spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Spread with frosting. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. Store loosely covered.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Carbohydrate 16 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, ServingSize 1 Bar, Sodium 85 mg, Sugar 11 g, TransFat 1/2 g

CARROT RAISINS BARS



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These yummy bars are made with wholesome ingredients including grated carrots, raisins, honey and yogurt. They're delicious daytime or after-school snacks. You can pack this nourishing treat for lunch also. This recipe can be made into muffins too - use an ice-cream scoop to measure batter into greased or paper-lined muffin cups. ENJOY!!

Provided by Chef mariajane

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 20m

Yield 18 bars

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/2 cups wheat bran
1 cup Robin Hood Nutri Flour Blend
1 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup crisco vegetable oil or 1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°F Grease or line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
  • Combine bran, flour, carrots, brown sugar, raisins, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl,.
  • Whisk yogurt, honey, oil and egg in a separate bowl. Add these ingredients to flour mixture. Stir well to combine. Batter will be thick.
  • Place batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cut into 18 bars.
  • If you are making muffins, bake at 375F, for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 102.3, Fat 4, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 13.5, Sodium 115, Carbohydrate 17.6, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 13.1, Protein 1.8

CARROT RAISIN SALAD



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This colorful traditional salad is one of my mother-in-law's favorites. It's fun to eat because of its crunchy texture, and the raisins give it a slightly sweet flavor. Plus, the dish is easy to prepare. -Denise Baumert, Dalhart, Texas

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Lunch     Side Dishes

Time 10m

Yield 8 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 5

4 cups shredded carrots
3/4 to 1-1/2 cups raisins
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons 2% milk

Steps:

  • Mix the first 4 ingredients. Stir in enough milk to reach desired consistency. Refrigerate until serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 122 calories, Fat 5g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 1mg cholesterol, Sodium 76mg sodium, Carbohydrate 19g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

FROSTED CARROT BARS



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Rich in flavor, these luscious bars are extra moist, thanks to a secret ingredient-baby food! "I add two jars of pureed carrots to the batter," reveals Rita Pearl of Norwalk Iowa. "The baby food makes the dessert melt in your mouth."-Rita Pearl, Norwalk, Iowa

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 50m

Yield 20 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 16

2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
4 large eggs
2 jars (6 ounces each) carrot baby food
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar
Yellow, red and green liquid food coloring
2 pastry or heavy-duty resealable plastic bags

Steps:

  • In a bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and carrots. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to carrot mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool. , In a bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Blend in sugar until smooth. Place 1/4 cup of frosting in a small bowl; stir in yellow and red food coloring to make orange. Set aside. Place 3 tablespoons frosting in a small bowl; stir in green food coloring., Spread white frosting on cake. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; fill with orange frosting. Mark off 20 squares on the cake; pipe a small carrot in the center of each square. Place green frosting in another bag; cut a small hole in the corner. Pipe greens on top of each carrot.

Nutrition Facts :

CARROT BARS



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This cake is very moist and so easy to make.

Provided by Kathy

Categories     Desserts     Cakes

Time 1h

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 ½ cups vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs, beaten
2 (4 ounce) jars carrot baby food
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
¼ pound butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x11 inch pans.
  • Beat together the oil, sugar, eggs and carrots. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add to wet ingredients and mix well.
  • Pour into pans and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool..
  • Beat together cream cheese and butter. Add powdered sugar and vanilla, mix until smooth. Spread frosting on cooled cakes and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 288.9 calories, Carbohydrate 28.8 g, Cholesterol 41.1 mg, Fat 18.7 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 217.8 mg, Sugar 21.6 g

SKINNY CARROT AND ZUCCHINI BARS



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83% less cholesterol • 45% less total fat than the original recipe. Unsweetened applesauce substitutes for part of the oil in these moist bars to cut the fat by nearly half.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup refrigerated or frozen fat-free egg product, thawed
1 1/2 cups shredded carrot
1 medium zucchini, shredded (1 cup)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup canola oil
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 package (8 oz) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened
1 cup powdered sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, and salt. In another large bowl, stir together egg product, carrot, zucchini, brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, oil, applesauce, honey, and vanilla. Add carrot mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Spread batter into an ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
  • Bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
  • For frosting: In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Frost bars with frosting. Cut into bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 160, Carbohydrate 25 g, Cholesterol 5 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 bar, Sodium 110 mg, Sugar 18 g, TransFat 0 g

CARROT RAISIN BARS RECIPE



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Make and share this Carrot Raisin Bars Recipe recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Charlotte J

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 30m

Yield 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup margarine, softened
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
1/4 cup raisins, chopped
1/2 cup carrot, shredded

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 360 degrees.
  • Lightly grease 8x8-inch baking pan.
  • Beat sugar and margarine with an electric mixer at medium speed until well blended - about 2 minutes.
  • Add egg and vanilla mix well.
  • Mix in water.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Add to egg mixture and mix until blended.
  • Mix in oats, raisins, and carrot.
  • Spread dough in pan.
  • Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 63.2, Fat 2.9, SaturatedFat 0.5, Cholesterol 8.8, Sodium 73.8, Carbohydrate 8.5, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 3.9, Protein 1

CARROT CAKE



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You've got enough frosting to fill the layers and cover the sides and top of the cake, but Dorie Greenspan covers each layer generously, so generously that when the next layer goes on the frosting ripples out around the edges. Then just swirl the frosting over the top, leaving the sides bare.

Provided by Dorie Greenspan

Categories     brunch, lunch

Time 1h45m

Yield 8 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups grated carrots (you can grate the carrots in a food processor fitted with a shredding blade)
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup shredded coconut, sweetened or unsweetened
1/2 cup moist, plump raisins (dark or golden) or dried cranberries
2 cups sugar
1 cup canola or safflower oil
4 large eggs
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 pound (3 3/4 cups) confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or 1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract
1/2 cup shredded coconut, optional
Toasted finely chopped nuts and/or toasted coconut, for topping, optional

Steps:

  • For the cake: Position the racks to divide the oven into thirds and preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour three 9-inch round, 2-inch deep cake pans, flour the insides and tap out the excess.
  • Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside. In another bowl, stir together the carrots, chopped nuts, coconut and raisins.
  • Working in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl with a whisk, beat the sugar and oil together until smooth. Add the eggs one by one and continue to beat until the batter is even smoother. If you are working in a mixer, reduce the speed to low, if you're working by hand switch to a large rubber spatula, and gently stir in the flour mixture - mix only until the dry ingredients disappear. Just as gently, stir in the chunky ingredients.
  • Divide the batter among the baking pans and slide the pans into the oven. Bake the cakes for 40 to 50 minutes, rotating the pans top to bottom and front to back at the midway point. The cakes are properly baked when a knife inserted into the centers of the cakes comes out clean; the cakes will just start to come away from the edges. Transfer the pans to cooling racks, cool for 5 minutes, then turn out onto racks to cool to room temperature. (At this point, the cakes can be wrapped airtight and kept at room temperature overnight or frozen for up to 2 months; thaw before frosting.)
  • For the frosting: Working in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth and creamy. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and continue to beat until the frosting is velvety smooth. Beat in the lemon juice or extract.
  • If you'd like to have coconut in the filling, scoop out about 1/2 of the frosting and stir the coconut into this portion.
  • To frost the cake, place one layer of the cake, right-side up, on a cardboard round or a cake plate. If you've added coconut to the frosting, use half of coconut frosting to generously cover the first layer. Use an offset spatula or a spoon to smooth the frosting all the way to the edges of the layer. Top with the second layer, this time placing the cake top-side down. Frost with the remainder of the coconut frosting. Top with the last layer, right-side up and use the plain frosting to cover the top - and the sides, if you want - of the cake. Finish the top layer with swirls of frosting. If you want to top the cake with toasted nuts or coconut, sprinkle on these ingredients now, while the frosting is soft. Slide the cake into the refrigerator for 15 minutes, just to set the frosting.
  • Serving: The cake can be served as soon as the frosting is set. It can also wait, at room temperature and covered with a cake keeper, overnight. The cake is best served in thick slices at room temperature and, while it's good plain, it's better with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream or even some lemon curd with a little whipped cream folded in.
  • Storing: Covered the cake will keep at room temperature for 2 to 3 days. It can also be frozen, uncovered, and then, when it is firmed, wrapped airtight and kept in the freezer for up to 2 months; defrost, still wrapped, in the refrigerator overnight.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 969, UnsaturatedFat 33 grams, Carbohydrate 118 grams, Fat 54 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 18 grams, Sodium 580 milligrams, Sugar 92 grams, TransFat 0 grams

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