protein carrot cake bars (Edit recipe)

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honestly, i could just eat the cream cheese frosting & be perfectly happy. these carrot cake bars are a perfect dessert for all the bunnies in your life (:

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PREP TIME

10 minutes

COOK TIME

40 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Serves: 12-16

Ingredients

2 whole Eggs
1 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
0.25 - 0.5 cup Pure Maple Syrup, or sub sweetener of choice
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
8 oz Carrots, shredded, ~2 cups
1.25 cups Paleo Baking Flour - Bob's Red Mill, may sub 1 cup oat flour + 1/4 cup coconut flour
0.25 cup Vanilla Protein Powder - Be Well by Kelly
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
0.5 tsp ground Ginger
0.5 tsp ground Nutmeg
0.25 tsp ground Allspice
0.25 tsp Redmond Real Salt
0.25 cup Pecans
0.25 cup unsweetened Coconut Flakes
0.5 cup Pineapple, may omit or sub raisins

frosting

2 oz Full Fat Cream Cheese, softened
0.5 cup Plain Greek Yogurt, or cottage cheese
0.25 cup Classic Monkfruit Sweetener (with Erythritol) - Lakanto
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

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Process

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Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results

preheat oven to 350.
in a large bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients.
in a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients, then add wet to dry & combine.
fold in nuts & fruit - use whatever sounds good to you!
grease a square baking dish, then pour batter into pan
bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
in a bowl, combine frosting ingredients.
once bars are completely cool, frost, then refrigerate to set.

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:	139
Fat:	6 g
Carbohydrates:	18 g
Protein:	7 g
Cholesterol:	5 g
Sodium:	165 mg
Fiber:	3 g
Sugars:	7 g
Sugar Alcohol:	0 g
Calculated for total recipe.