If you love carrot cake, you'll love these dessert carrot bars with fluffy sour cream icing.

Carrot Bars

Carrot Bars:

1 (15-ounce) can diced carrots

2 cups granulated sugar

1 1/4 cup vegetable oil

4 large eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup chopped nuts

 

Sour Cream Icing:

4 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup light sour cream
3 cups powdered sugar

1. For Carrot Bars: Blend carrots in blender. Combine with sugar,oil and eggs in large mixing bowl.
2. Combine together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon – add this to carrot mixture, mix well. Stir in nuts.
3. Place in greased 11 x 18-inch pan.
4. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 30 minutes.
5. Cool and frost with Sour Cream Icing.
6. For Sour Cream Icing: Blend together butter, sour cream and vanilla. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.

Makes 24 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of The Canned Vegetable Council.