{"id":4156,"date":"2015-07-22T01:56:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T01:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2015-07-22T12:51:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T12:51:06","slug":"grain-free-lemon-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2015\/07\/22\/grain-free-lemon-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"{grain free} Lemon Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lemon<\/img><\/div><\/div>Let\u2019s talk food envy. \u00a0Being a grain-free, almost-vegan, food intolerant eater, you\u2019d think I\u2019d be one of those people always wanting what they can\u2019t have<\/del> eat. \u00a0But, to be honest, that\u2019s rarely the case. I\u2019m almost 100% happy with my food options most of the time. \u00a0I feel better than ever, and I\u2019d never go back. \u00a0But, every now and then something comes along that begs me to eat it. \u00a0Like when I\u2019m\u00a0sitting at a restaurant and I\u2019m watching my best friend inhale freshly baked bread like there\u2019s no tomorrow and I\u2019m left trying to forget how amazing freshly baked bread actually tastes. Torture.<\/p>\n

Most recently, I was attacked with a bout of food envy one afternoon while watching The Pioneer Woman with my girls. This particular episode featured\u00a0Ree\u2019s lemon bars<\/a>. \u00a0I\u2019m not sure if it was hunger or the hot summer sun that triggered my food envy,\u00a0but suddenly all I wanted was to sink my teeth into a cold, tangy lemon bar and nothing else would satisfy me until that happened. \u00a0So I came up with my own grain free version. \u00a0Bliss.<\/p>\n

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{grain free} Lemon Bars<\/h3>\n

Makes 12 bars<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

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  • 1\/2 cup softened butter or coconut oil<\/li>\n
  • 1\/4 cup maple syrup<\/li>\n
  • Pinch of salt<\/li>\n
  • 1 cup coconut flour<\/li>\n
  • 1-1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n
  • 1\/4 cup tapioca flour<\/li>\n
  • 4 eggs<\/li>\n
  • 6 lemons, zested and juiced<\/li>\n
  • Powdered sugar, for dusting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Instructions:<\/p>\n

    To make the crust, preheat the oven to 350\u00b0 and lightly grease an 8\u00d78 baking pan. \u00a0In the bowl of your standing mixer, mix the butter\/coconut oil with the maple syrup and salt on medium speed until combined. Reduce the speed to low, and add in the coconut flour. \u00a0Mix on low until a soft dough forms. \u00a0Press the dough into the greased baking pan, and bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 minutes. \u00a0Remove from the oven, and let cool slightly while you prepare the lemon filling.<\/p>\n

    To make the filling, whisk together the sugar and tapioca flour in a large bowl. \u00a0Whisk in the eggs, and continue whisking until combined. \u00a0Add in the lemon zest and juice, and whisk to combine until the filling is smooth. Pour the lemon filling over the crust, and bake at 350\u00b0 for about 30-35 minutes, or until the filling is set in the middle. \u00a0Remove the bars from the oven, and let cool completely before dusting with powdered sugar. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

    Original lemon bar recipe by La Casa de Sweets, lemon filling recipe adapted from The Pioneer Woman<\/h4>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tangy lemon filling on top of a coconut flour crust for those times you just need a little lemon bar in your life…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,506,510],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4158,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions\/4158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}