Brownies and cookies spend a lot of time in the limelight, but sometimes your sweet tooth needs something a little more tart.
This sugar-free keto dessert is the perfect treat when you want to break away from the standard dessert. It is also gluten-free and contains only two net carbs.
These low-carb lemon bars are:
Butter.
Delicious
Sweet.
Acid.
The main ingredients of this lemon bar recipe:
Collagen powder.
Fresh lemon juice.
Almond powder.
Vanilla extract.
Optional ingredients:
Erythritol.Coconut flour.
Lemon flavor.
Health Benefits of These Lemon Keto Bars
They are rich in antioxidants
One of the benefits of using lemon peel rather than relying solely on lemon juice for flavor is the considerable amount of nutrients that a simple lemon peel contains.Two nutrients found in lemon peel in particular are vitamin C and limonene. Vitamin C and limonene both act as antioxidants in your body. Vitamin C plays a particularly useful role in immunity, and limonene is beneficial for metabolism.
They promote blood sugar stability
While most desserts raise your blood sugar, keto dessert recipes are a great way to calm your sweet tooth while keeping your blood sugar as stable as possible.These lemon bars are high in fat, 11 grams per serving, and incredibly low in carbs, with only two net carbs per bar. This means that your body gets its energy from fat, without skyrocketing your blood sugar. Keto-friendly sugar alternatives like stevia also provide another dose of antioxidants, making this Keto Lemon bars perfect.
Ready to make a delicious and tasty low-carb dessert?
How to Make Your Lemon Keto Bars
To begin, preheat the oven to 175ºF / 350ºC and line the bottom of a 20' x 20' pan of parchment paper.Start with the crust:
Take a blender and beat the cream cheese with the spatula for two to three minutes, until the cream cheese is light and foamy.Once it reaches the desired texture, add collagen powder, almond flour, coconut flour, egg, powdered sweetener, and salt.
Mix well until all ingredients are well combined.
Squeeze the dough to the bottom of the baking dish and bake the dough for ten minutes.
Prepare the lemon filling:
Add all the ingredients of the filling to a large bowl (stevia, partially melted butter, heavy cream, eggs, cream cheese, lemon juice, and lemon zest) and mix until smooth.Remove the crust from the oven and pour the filling over it.
Bake for another 30-25 minutes, until the filling is ready. Once the filling is ready, remove it from the oven and let it cool completely. If you want to firm the bars, even more, you can place them in the refrigerator overnight.
Sprinkle the bars with your powdered sweetener and serve.
Pro Tips for Cooking Keto Lemon Bars
1: Cook your lemon bars ahead of time if you're preparing them for a potluck, party, or dinner. They keep well for several days in the refrigerator, and this is not the kind of treat that is served cold. In fact, they taste best when taken out of the refrigerator or served at room temperature.2: To make lemon peel zest very easily, get yourself a Microplane grater. You can use it for several purposes and this makes the grating much more effective.
3: For that traditional butter crust look, use blanched almond flour. It is lighter in color than unbleached almond flour, so it looks more like wheat flour.
How to store lemon bars
These lemon bars will last much longer if you keep them in the fridge. In fact, because of the dairy ingredients, you shouldn't leave them out for more than an hour.You can also store them in the freezer if you don't plan to serve or eat them all in a few days. They keep well in the freezer for up to a month.
If you plan to freeze your bars, be sure to cut them first. Then wrap them in parchment paper and store them in an airtight container so they don't dry in the freezer.
Keto Lemon Creamy Bars
These Lemon Keto bars are made with fresh lemon and sugar-free sweeteners to satiate your sweet tooth and keep you in ketosis.Preparation time: Minutes 10.
Total time: Minutes 40.
Performance: 12 small bars.
Ingredients
For the dough:
1 tablespoon collagen powder.60g / 2oz cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups almond flour.
2 tablespoons of coconut flour.
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons of stevia.
1/4 teaspoon salt.
For fodder:
1/2 cup stevia.6 tablespoons softened butter.
1/4 cup heavy cream.
3 whole eggs.
60g / 2oz softened cream cheese.
1/4 cup lemon juice.
The zest of a large lemon.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 175ºF / 350ºC and line the bottom of a 20' x 20' pan of parchment paper.Beat the cream cheese in a blender equipped with the pallet for 2-3 minutes until light and foamy. Add the remaining ingredients. Mix well until the ingredients are well combined.
Squeeze the dough the bottom of a 20 x 20 inch / 8 x 8 cm baking dish. Cook the bottom for 10 minutes.
While the dough is in the oven, prepare the filling by adding all the ingredients to a large bowl or blender. Mix well until smooth.
Remove the crust from the oven and pour the filling over the crust.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the filling is firm when gently shaking the pan. Remove from the oven and let cool completely. To further firm the bars, put them in the refrigerator overnight. Sprinkle stevia powder before serving.
Nutrition
Serving Size: 1 bar.Calories: 133.
Fat: 11 g.
Carbohydrates: 3 g (Net: 2 g).
Fiber: 1 g.
Protein: 6 g.