Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting | Grandma Nancy's Cookbook

Ingredients

• **One**
• 1¼ cups unsweetened applesauce or oil, this is what my Nana used
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• **Two**
• (269 grams) AP flour 2 cups
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• **Three**
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
• 1 cup chopped nuts optional
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup crushed pineapple not drained! {use the pineapple in JUICE not syrup}
• ½ c butter, softened
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 lb powdered sugar