Healthy Lemon Bars

These Healthy Lemon Bars are sweetened with maple syrup and are gluten free thanks to almond and coconut flours!

Healthy Lemon Bars are here!! Getting the consistency of the lemon topping on these bars was harder than we thought it would be! Using maple syrup to sweeten and coconut flour to thicken the custard top ended up being just what we needed.  The crust is an almond flour based shortbread and the bite is perfect when both are combined.

We have a lemon tree in our front yard and to be honest it’s a little stressful! All of them seemed to just finally get ripe right then we pulled them all off and the countdown to them going bad begins.  We had a bag of maybe 60 lemons and definitely should have put most of them out for neighbors but we didn’t and most of them got rotten sitting in the bag together.  We have learned! The key was probably to not take them all off at once but when you have an excited 3 1/2 year old it’s hard to stop.  At least all of the lemons encouraged us to think of these lemon bars and the gluten free lemon loaf too!

Ingredient list

• Almond flour
• Egg
• Coconut oil
• Maple syrup
• Vanilla extract
• Salt
• Grated lemon zest
• Lemon juice
• Coconut flour

Tips to remember

1. Once you have the base ingredients combined you will want to make sure your hands are either sprayed with cooking spray or a bit damp. The crust lays out thin so you will want to make sure you start in the corners of your pan and work your way to the center.
2. Be sure and roll your lemons on the counter before you zest and juice them, this will make them be extra juicy.
3. The crust will not be completely baked the first time it goes in the oven ,that’s okay. When you add the filling it will continue to cook and be done to perfection at the end.
4. Wait until the lemon bars have cooked a bit before you cut them, they need to rest and harden before you cut them out. If you don’t they will crumble when you cut them.

More lemon recipes to have on hand when you buy the huge bag of Costco lemons:

Grilled Chicken Apple Salad with Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

Winter Citrus Lemon Cake

Paleo Fruit Tart with Lemon Curd

Rosemary Meyer Lemon Olive Oil Cake

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Healthy Lemon Bars

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• Author: Kelsey
• Total Time: 50 minutes
• Yield: 16 1x
• Diet: Gluten Free

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Ingredients

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Crust

• 3 cups almond flour
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup coconut oil (at room temp)
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt

 

Filling

• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp grated lemon peel
• ½ c maple syrup
• ½ cup lemon juice
• 6 tbsp coconut flour

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 8×8 pan with parchment paper (helps to spray the pan with oil so the paper sticks!).  In a large bowl combine almond flour, egg, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla and ½ tsp salt. Once evenly combined, pour into the prepared pan and press it down evenly.  Use moist hands so it doesn’t stick to them when pressing down.
• Bake the crust for 15-20 minutes, the crust will look under baked, that is okay it will continue to bake when it goes back in the oven
• Then, with an electric mixer, beat all four eggs until they begin to thicken. Then at a low mix speed, add the grated lemon, lemon juice and maple syrup. Then add the coconut flour and continue to mix. Pour the mixture onto the crust and bake at 350 degrees for 20 -25 minutes or until it looks set.
• Optional to add some powdered sugar on top once cooled!

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 40 minutes
• Category: Dessert
• Method: Oven

Keywords: gluten free, dairy free, grain free, healthy