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Lemon Bar Disaster!

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  • Started 2 years ago by bonnie0128
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  1. bonnie0128
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    Help! I tried to make the lemon bars the other day and it was a disaster! First, I'll have to admit that I made a couple substitutions - but they were ones I always make with Elana's recipes and have never had a problem. In place of the grapeseed oil, I used coconut oil. In place of the fresh lemon juice, I used bottled. And in place of the agave, I used a combination of stevia and erythritol (I have a standard "formula" I use so it is always the same from recipe to recipe with good results). The crust came together fine. But the lemon part - GROSS. The lemon mixture appeared to blended just fine (vitamix) but during baking, everything separated. The lemon all went to the middle of the pan, and the oil pooled on top and around the sides. The taste was awful - we even tried scraping the oil off once it had hardened but it couldn't be salvaged. So, I'm not sure which one or combo of substitutions ruined it - but learn from my lesson and stick to the recipe or don't make it! Too bad too, I love lemon bars...

    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. funmama26
    Member

    I made these yesterday. They came out great. Of course I don't know what allergies etc. you may have but here it is anyway...Hope they work for you.

    Lemon Bar Recipe

    Preheat oven to 350. Bake in an 8x8 pan (or 9x9)

    Crust

    1 ½ cups blanched almond meal
    2 T. coconut flour
    2 T. powdered E (erythritol)
    ¼ tsp. stevia
    ½ cup butter softened

    Mix almond meal, coconut flour and sweeteners together in bowl. Add butter and mix with fork until smooth. Press in pan and bake until light golden.

    Filling:

    2/3 cup lemon juice (I used organic stuff from Costco) equal to 3 large lemons juiced
    ½ tsp. lemon extract
    4 eggs (preferably farm fresh)
    2 T. Honey (or skip and add more sweeteners)
    ¼ to ½ tsp. stevia
    2 T. powdered E (increase to 1/3 cup if skipping honey)
    2 T. coconut flour

    Mix everything together (I threw it in the blender). Bake until light brown on top (20 minutes?)

    Cool completely and dust with powdered E.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  3. funmama26
    Member

    P.S. You can double the filling if you like it thicker.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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