I have a massive crush on carrot cake. It makes me weak in the knees. It makes my heart flutter. It’s actually somewhat debilitating.
A couple weeks ago I made Almond Butter Blondies (gluten free and only 6 ingredients) from Elanas Pantry for my intern fam (and me, obvi). The texture of these bars was just like cake–chewy and gooey–despite having no flour!
Well cravings for carrot cake surfaced (probably because Tina and Jenna have been eating it recently!) and all of a sudden it came to me that I could adapt this recipe to make a carrot cake-bar!
My first baking recipe–a success!!! It came out perfectly, I was shocked to tell you the truth. I was afraid the carrots would make it soggy. but the addition of oats prevented that.
There were fireworks going off in my mouth. It tasted like carrot cake but because there was NO FLOUR it was chewy and gooey–think brownie-texture. This recipe is SO SIMPLE. Just take a look at the ingredient list and directions and you’ll see!
Carrot Cake Almond Butter Bars
Adapted from Elanas Pantry: Almond Butter Blondies
Ingredients:
-6 oz. almond butter
-1 egg
-1/4 cup agave nectar
-pinch salt
-1/2 tsp baking soda
-1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
-1 1/2 cups of shredded carrots (strained)
-1/3 cup oats
-1.25 oz. (2 1/2 mini boxes) of raisins
Directions:
1. Beat almond butter, egg, agave nectar, salt, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice with a hand blender.
2. Mix in carrots, oats and raisins.
3. Bake at 325 degrees for about 30 min. until toothpick is clean.
The ingredients are so basic and easy to find.
Mixin’
Ready for the oven
Fresh out of the oven
I put a lil’ extra in a ramekin…just for kicks.
That is NOT all that I ate… 
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OMG I love love lover carrot cake and I am definitely going to have to try this!
It looks sooooo good!
I must say that it was sooooooooooooo amazing. Thanks for the treats Allie. I’m going to steal your recipe once I get home. Keep up the baking so I can keep up the eating
What a fabulous sounding recipe!
yuuum! these look amazing… i will definitely be whippin’ up a batch soon! thanks for the recipe
Sounds deliciousa and healthy without the flour. I think I will try this one. I generally avoid flourless bread because they tend to have more calories with the added butter and eggs. The almond butter is a much healthier fat, so I think we can do this one. Thanks for the idea and good luck on your fitness and recipes.
those sound incredible!
Thank you for sharing this recipe, I made it and love it. It’s amazing! Create more “clean” recipes.
I just made these for my boyfriends birthday…..WHAT A HIT! Thanks for the recipe!!!!!!