These are an absolutely amazing treat from my awesome friends Katie and Jackie at Primal Women in the Kitchen. These will be a true test to your self control because they possess the taste to make you eat yourself into a sickness, even though your full you will not stop, I guarantee it. I changed up there recipe slightly but this is all theirs and so glad I came across it. Thank you ladies :)
Lemon Bars
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Serves: 36
Ingredients
Topping
- 6 whole eggs
- 1/2 cup raw organic honey
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1 cup lemon juice (8 lemons)
- unsweetened shredded coconut
Crust
- 1 cup of raw almonds
- 1 cup of raw macadamia nuts
- 1/4 cup raw organic honey
- 1/2 cup of melted coconut oil
- 2 eggs
Instructions
Topping
- Whisk your eggs, honey, and lemon juice together in a small sauce pan
- Place on your stove over medium/high heat and add coconut oil
- Stir until coconut oil melts and then continue stirring until the mixture thickens and starts to bubble
- Once thick, remove from the heat and place in a bowl in your refrigerator to cool
Crust
- Preheat your oven to 400 Degrees fahrenheit
- Place your almonds and macadamia nuts in a food processor and blend until in small chunks, you do not want a flour consistency, you want little chunks
- In a mixing bowl, combine nuts with the honey, melted coconut oil, and eggs and mix well
- Grease an 8×12 inch baking pan, I used coconut oil and then spread your nut mixture over the entire pan
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or until your crust is done, it will pass the toothpick test
- Cool your crust completely before applying your topping
- Once your crust is cool, spread your lemon topping over your crust, sprinkle as much unsweetened shredded coconut as you want over the topping, and then return to the refrigerator or freezer, I like mine better frozen
- Keep it refrigerated or frozen until you serve it and then return the remaining to the fridge/freezer
- Enjoy
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Delicious! The crust was amazing!!! Thanks for sharing!
These sound amazing! I think I have to make them for my friend’s birthday. Do you think it might work with sunflower seeds instead of almonds?
I am pretty sure it will work just fine :)
Thank you! Fantastic. So delicious. I used cashews & almonds
Because that’s what I had. It turned out great! Will make again ;)
Awesome Abi, so glad you loved them
Hey! I made the lemon bars last night and they were delicious. However, when I scooped them out of the pan they kind of fell apart. Thoughts? And do you think I could use olive oil instead of coconut? My mom loves lemon bars, but she is allergic to coconut! Thanks for any advice!
Hmmm you could freeze them more and olive oil would work Just no idea how it would taste
Made these tonight, kids helped to whip them up (super easy by the way!) I halved the recipe since I am always wary of new recipes but I shouldn’t have been, they were excellent!. Even my 9 year old who doesn’t like anything with visible nuts like these :) My mom (diabetic, non paleo) ate 2 squares and her post dinner blood sugar was normal! I like the fact the retain the tartness of the lemons, which goes excellent with the crust, which is just sweet enough from the nuts to balance it out. Thank you so much for this recipe!
You are so welcome
I made these lemon bars Saturday night and they are delicious! So easy to make and the whole family loved them. Whether you are paleo or not, this treat is satisfying! Thank you so much for yet another fantastic recipe! Up next is the chocolate banana bacon bites! :)
Thank you so much Sarah. Hope you love the bananas
So I am in the same boat as the last comment. I can’t get it to gel for me. It stays runny.
Do you have any thoughts. I am in a tropical humid climate – would there be some adjustment for me that I haven’t thought of??
That said, yes I could eat it with a spoon, soooooo good.
Honestly I have never had this problem or heard about it before. I hope you can figure it out, maybe reduce it some more or freeze it longer
So very delicious! Made these over Christmas, love the fact that you can freeze them which is a great back up treat to have and stops me from eating the whole tray in one go!
Awww so glad you liked them :)
Bwahhaaha!!
1″ squares!!! Funny….
=), seriously making these to celebrate my complete Whole 30!!
Enjoy :)
I am waiting for the crust to cool! It came out a little cakey. Is it supposed to be like that? I am a little worried that the filling isn’t going to set. It has been in the fridge for several hours and is still pudding like. It tastes soooooo good though. These are supposed to be a teacher gift, but I am not sure they will make it to her ;) haha.
I freeze mine so I don’t remember
I’m a sucker for lemon bars so when I saw these I had to make them. And woah… did NOT disappoint! I might have gone a little crazy with the lemon… I honestly only saw the part that said 8 lemons but the ones I bought might have been mutantly large. Such a strong lemon flavor but I love them. Also, how thick are you supposed to get the filling before removing it from heat? Mine was like a thick slime (yes, appetizing description, I know) but I’m wondering if I should have left it longer to thicken more b/c even after being assembled and in the fridge, it’s still a pudding consistency. Regardless how they look though, I’d eat this with a spoon if I had to. Thank you! Easily 5 stars :)
Jenn if remember correctly mine was a thick sludge and I froze them to eat
I brought these to a get together, and they were a big hit!! Everyone loved them! Thank you so much!!
Your so welcome. Thanks for the comment Rena
These look yummy! Do you happen to have the nutritional information per bar?
Chaeley, I am sorry I do not calculate any nutritional information. If you would like the best place would be to use fitday.com or myfitnesspal.com
OMG, this is to die for. I actually just made the lemon topping just now, put into individual containers and sprinkled with coconut for a weekday treat.
Oh that sounds like a great idea, I might have to do that :)
By far the best paleo dessert ever! I had to sub agave for honey and still so yummy. I could eat the filling for the spoonful!!
Honey is a better option anyways, I am going to edit it now. So glad you enjoyed
Made these today and I can say that I am pretty sure this was the most delightful thing I have eaten since I have gone gluten free three years ago… Thanks so much for the recipe! LOVE IT!
You are so welcome, glad you enjoyed
I just made these and they are delicious!! Even the “non-paleo” members of the family enjoyed them.
Woot woot
I made these today for my husband for Father’s Day and we loved them!!! I took them over to my In-Law’s house for dinner tonight and they were a huge hit. I’m looking forward to trying some of your other recipes too. ;)
Awesome thanks so much for stopping by to tell me, I love hearing how people like the recipes
This recipe was a HUGE hit with my husband. He’s actually requested them a couple of times since I made the first batch which is a compliment as he considers himself to be a lemon bar snob. Thank you so much!
You are oh so welcome :)
I made these yesterday, and loved them! I made one modification, by adding 1/4 cup of shredded coconut to the crust mixture. A couple of people felt they could use a bit more sweetener, but I loved the sour lemon with the soft nutty crust. Thank you so much for this recipe! I know I’ll be making it again and again. :)
Woohoo, one reason I love this one is cause it isnt overly sweet but still delicious
I made these the other night and they were fabulous!! My hubby who loves lemon and coconut raved about them. Didn’t have any macadamia nuts though, so used almonds and pecans instead. Can’t wait to try them with the macadamia nuts. Thanks for the great recipe.
You are most welch. So glad you enjoyed
pineapple juice has a lot more sugar and carbs though, cant wait to try them
Oh that is such a good idea with the juice mix, on my to do list now :)
I love these! I just made them and they were total yum. I did 1/2 lemon juice and 1/2 pineapple juice though. I love it… so hard not to eat the whole pan!
So glad you enjoyed Julieanne and thanks for the kind words :)
I made these last night and they were super yummy. I had to have one for breakfast, too. Thanks to Brigette for recommending them. I will have to try the burgers, too. Great blog!
Brigitte, that makes me so happy, thank you for sharing
Best paleo recipe I've made so far!! Had non-paleo guests for dinner and they devoured these. Yummmmm :)
Alex if you use lemon juice out of a bottle it is more sweet since it has all the honey too, If you stick to straight lemon juice and then toss in some lemon zest I think you will get closer to that tart you are looking for, or just tone down the honey a bit
Would you say these are more tart or sweet? I prefer my lemon bars to be fairly tart.
I haven't made my standard recipe since it now contains forbidden ingredients, and I'm looking for one to replace it. I miss the lemony goodness!
Haha maybe I do, I think this approach is better than a cheesy pickup line after wasting money of wheat ridden alcohol lol. Oh yes those fruit cake bars were great, I am so glad you loved them, These lemon bars are dangerously good
Is this how you get women to fall in love with you? No but seriously, these look insaaanely good!! Btw, just made the mixed berry fruit cake bars tonight…AWESOME!! Just used cashews instead of almond and macademias because it was all i had on hand. You're fantastic!