protein carrot cake bars
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 (:
Ingredients
- 3 whole3 whole3 whole Eggs
- 0.5 cup0.5 cup0.5 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- 0.25 - 0.5 cup0.25 - 0.5 cup0.25 - 0.5 cup Pure Maple Syrup, or sub sweetener of choice
- 2 Tbsp2 Tbsp2 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, or coconut oil
- 1 tsp1 tsp1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 cup2 cup2 cup Carrots, grated
- 2 cups2 cups2 cups Paleo Baking Flour - Bob's Red Mill, may sub almond flour
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Vanilla Protein Powder (Be Well by Kelly)
- 1 tsp1 tsp1 tsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp2 tsp2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp0.5 tsp0.5 tsp ground Ginger
- 0.5 tsp0.5 tsp0.5 tsp ground Nutmeg
- 0.25 tsp0.25 tsp0.25 tsp ground Allspice
- 0.25 tsp0.25 tsp0.25 tsp Redmond Real Salt
- 0.5 cup0.5 cup0.5 cup Pecans, may sub walnuts or coconut flakes
- 0.5 cup0.5 cup0.5 cup Pineapple, may omit or sub raisins
- 4 oz4 oz4 oz Full Fat Cream Cheese
- 0.5 cup0.5 cup0.5 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Lakanto Classic Monkfruit Sweetener (with Erythritol)
- 0.5 tsp0.5 tsp0.5 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
frosting
Process
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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