Zucchini Bars

I had some zucchini I needed to use up, so I made these.

From Allrecipes

Zucchini Bars 

    These bars are so delicious that my family can eat the entire batch in one day!!! They are very easy and moist. Prep time: approx. 15 minutes Cook time: approx. 25 minutes Ready in: approx. 40 minutes Makes 1 9x13 pan (24 servings).

3 eggs

1 c. vegetable  oil

2 c. sugar

2 tsp. vanilla extract

2 1/3 c. all purpose flour

1/4 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 c. grated zucchini

1/2 c. margarine

1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese

2 1/2 c. confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.

2. In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla until well blended. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the zucchini. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.

3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow bars to cool completely before frosting. To make the frosting, blend together the margarine, cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until well blended. Spread over cooled bars before cutting.

This recipes was very similar to Mom's carrot cake recipe. You could barely tell there was any zucchini in it. Big Chubb said it tasted like buttered popcorn (?) the Little Chubb and Baby Chubb gobbled it up, so I'd say it was a success. I liked it enough to eat too much of it. 

My only problem with this recipe is that it took about twice as long to bake as the recipe said. If I would have taken it out at 25 minutes we would have still been eating batter.