Gluten-Free Tart Lemon Bars have a wonderful combination of tart and sweet. Unlike most lemon bars these bars are also grain-free and refined sugar-free. Needless to say, these bars are not as sweet as most Lemon Bars in the USA. Indeed, they have a higher level of tartness that makes for the most wonderful and luxurious texture and flavor on the tongue and palate. They are a spring favorite. Sometimes I make them for Easter.
Therefore, if you like tart lemon bars this is the recipe for you. I usually find lemon bars a little too sweet for me. My mother is from Europe. In Europe, bakers don’t make frostings. They tend to put whipped cream with fresh fruit on top of cakes etc. I too don’t like my dessert to be super sweet. Flavorful but not so sweet my teeth hurt. My family’s and friends loved this recipe. It is tart and sweet.
I first started writing recipes when I got married over 30 years ago. However, my original recipes were not grain-free or refined sugar-free. Furthermore, I have had to learn new ingredients and how to use them. In all honesty, many of the products I use now use I had never heard of before I switched my diet. In the beginning, of writing grain-free and refined sugar-free recipes, I began by revamping an old recipe that I had written.
Gluten-Free Tart Lemon Bars:
Indeed, I hope you will enjoy this revamped recipe for tart lemon bars. Incidentally, if you have never used Cassava Flour before you may wish to read Cassava Flour Information.
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Gluten-Free Tart Lemon Bars:
Ingredients:
For Crust:
- 1 cup cassava flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 tbsp powdered monk fruit sweetener
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1/c cup chopped nuts. (*Nuts of your choice they are optional)
Instructions:
Gluten-Fre Tart Lemon Bars Filling
- 1 cup monk fruit sweetener
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- zest from 3 lemons
- 4 eggs
- 4 tbsp tapioca flour
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pinch of salt
Lemon Filling Ingredients:
Tart Lemon Bars
Equipment
Ingredients
For Crust
- 1 cup cassava flour
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 3 tbsp powdered monk fruit sweetener
- 1 tsp lemon zest zest of one lemon
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts optional nuts of your choice
Lemon Filling
- 1/2 cup monk fruit sugar
- 1/4 cup maple sugar
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 zest from (3) lemons
- 4 whole eggs
- 4 tbsp tapioca flour
- 1 pinch of salt
Instructions
For Crust
- Preheat oven 350.
- First, combine all ingredients.1 cup cassava flour, 1/2 cup coconut oil, 3 tbsp powdered monk fruit sweetener , 1 tsp lemon zest, 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- Second, mix well until crumbly.
- Press into ungreased 8 x8-inch baking pan. Bak
- Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Tart Lemon Filling
- First, beat eggs until frothy.4 whole eggs
- Second, add the olive oil and whisk together.1 tbsp olive oil
- Thirdly, add in the monk fruit sweetener and maple sugar.1/2 cup monk fruit sugar, 1/4 cup maple sugar
- Fourthly, stir together the tapioca flour and salt4 tbsp tapioca flour, 1 pinch of salt
- Next, combine eggs with lemon juice and zest.1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice, 3 zest from (3) lemons
- Blend in the egg mixture with the flour mixture for a minimum of 4 minutes.
- Pour into hot crust.
- Lastly, bake in a preheated oven at 350 for 25-30 minutes.
- Let cool 3 hours and 2 hours in the fridge before cutting and eating. sugar.
- Before eating top with powdered monk fruit sugar.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 12.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 138 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 12 g | 18 % |
| Saturated Fat 8 g | 41 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 2 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 62 mg | 21 % |
| Sodium 36 mg | 1 % |
| Potassium 43 mg | 1 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 8 g | 3 % |
| Dietary Fiber 0 g | 0 % |
| Sugars 5 g | |
| Protein 2 g | 4 % |
| Vitamin A | 0 % |
| Vitamin C | 8 % |
| Calcium | 1 % |
| Iron | 2 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Nutrition
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