carrot cake cream cheese bars

Hey y'all!

I was searching for fun little things I could add to my Easter rotation this year. I saw an ad for McCormick that had super cute stuff so I went and checked it out. I found these little bars and thought, how easy, and how cute!

I love carrot cake and I love cheesecake. You really can't go wrong making a mix in-between!

I only changed up their recipe a smidge. Hope you enjoy!

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325

• Mix 1 and 1/4 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt

• Add oil, 2 of the eggs, vanilla, vanilla bean paste and carrots

• Mix well

• Butter and flour your baking pan

• Spread 1/2 batter in a 13x9 baking pan, set aside the remaining batter

• Beat cream cheese and 1 and 1/4 cup sugar in stand mixer until well blended

• Add milk

• Add 2 tbsp flour

• Add lemon extract and blend well

• Add 2 remaining eggs 1 at a time, until just blended

• Scoop spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture and reserved carrot cake batter, alternately over the carrot cake batter in the pan

• Take a knife and swirl through it several times

• Bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

• Cool in pan

carrot cake cream cheese bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour plus 2 tbsp divided (1 cup flour, 2 tbsp flour)

• 2.5 cups sugar divided (1 1/4 cup and 1 1/4 cup)

• 2 tsp Cinnamon

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 2/3 vegetable oil

• 4 eggs divided (2 eggs and 2 eggs)

• 2 tsp Vanilla

• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (optional, but I love the added flavor!)

• 1.5 cups grated carrots

• 3 packages 8 oz cream cheese, softened

• 1/4 cup milk

• 2 tsp lemon extract

SERVINGS
8-10 people

PREP TIME
30 mins