Healthiest Lemon Squares
- Ready In:
- 53mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
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Base
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄4 cup oat bran
- 1⁄4 cup sugar or 1/4 cup sucanat
- 1 dash sea salt
- 1⁄3 cup whole almond
- 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter
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Topping
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon, rind of
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄8 teaspoon sea salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F For base: Chop almonds very fine.
- Mix dry ingredients, and cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Press into 8x8 pan coated with cooking spray.
- Bake 18 minutes.
- NOTE: I might add more butter next time I do this; the base was a bit too crumbly.
- For topping: Beat all ingredients on high for 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- Pour over baked base; bake 20 minutes; cool.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
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Reviews
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I also increased the butter to 6 Tablespoons (3/8 cup.) I was a bit concerned, because my lemon topping did not get fluffy. It was basically the texture of orange juice, with a bit of froth. I only have a handheld electric mixer, so maybe it was too wimpy. My bars don't have the thick layer of lemony custard I associate with lemon bars, but they are nice and lemony and nutty and chewey. Next time I might increase amount of the lemon topping.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
annlouise
United States