Fresh Lemon Bars

Fresh Lemon Bars
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Fresh Lemon Bars a try. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 177 calories, 3g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 20. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have blanched almonds, lemon juice, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 35
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Spread almonds in 13-by-9-inch metal baking pan and bake for 10 minutes, until fragrant and golden.
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Transfer nuts to a board and let cool.
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Place almonds in the bowl of a food processor and pulse in 10 one-second pulses to coarsely grind. Break shortbread cookies into small pieces, add to almonds, then pulse again until mixture is finely ground and beginning to clump.
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Transfer crumbs to same baking pan, spreading evenly, then press crumbs firmly into bottom of pan.
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Bake at 350 until golden and set, about 10 minutes.
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In a bowl, whisk together sugar and flour.
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Whisk in lemon juice, then eggs and vanilla extract.
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Pour lemon mixture over warm crust, reduce oven temperature to 300 and bake until set, about 30 minutes.
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Transfer pan to a rack and let cool completely.
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Cut into 20 bars and dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings20
Health Score1
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