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Gluten Free Lemon Bars
My favorite lemon bar recipe made gluten free.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
25
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
50
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
15
minutes
minutes
Servings
16
bars
Calories
220
kcal
Author
Leigh Anne Wilkes
Ingredients
1 1/3
C
gluten free flour mix
I use Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour
1/3
C
sugar
1/4
tsp
salt
1/4
tsp
xanthan gum
1/2
C
butter
cut into pieces and softened
Lemon Filling
2
large eggs
7
egg yolks
1
C
sugar
plus 2 Tbsp
1/4
C
lemon zest
2/3
C
lemon juice
about 4 lemons
4
Tbsp
butter
cut into 4 pieces
3
Tbsp
heavy cream
Powdered Sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Make a foil sling for your 8 x 8 inch pan.
Take 2 long sheets of foil and fold them so they are 8 inches wide. Lay them in pan perpendicular to each other.
Push foil into corners and up sides of pan.
Spray with cooking spray.
Crust
In your mixer with the paddle mix together flour, sugar, salt and xanthan gum for a few seconds to incorporate.
Add in butter, one piece at a time and blend until butter is evenly distributed and mixture is fine crumbs.
Pour into prepared pan and using the bottom of a measuring cup press mixture into pan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes and turn pan halfway through baking.Crust should just begin to turn brown around the edges.
Cool 30 minutes before adding filling.
Filling
Mix together eggs and yolks in a saucepan.
Add in sugar and stir to combine.
Add in lemon zest and juice.
Add in butter and over medium heat stir until mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
Strain mixture and add in cream.
Pour filling over cooled crust.
Bake filling until it the center is slightly jiggly, about 15-20 minutes. Rotate pan halfway through baking.
Let bars cool completely before cutting, about 2 hours.
Using the foil lift bars out of pan, dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars.
Nutrition
Calories:
220
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
25
g
|
Protein:
3
g
|
Fat:
13
g
|
Saturated Fat:
7
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
4
g
|
Trans Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
133
mg
|
Sodium:
126
mg
|
Potassium:
34
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
17
g
|
Vitamin A:
451
IU
|
Vitamin C:
6
mg
|
Calcium:
27
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg