Skinny Lemon Bars
I love my mum\’s lemon bars, but I hate the amount of calories and Weight Watchers Points that come along with them. So while I have been home my mum and I revamped her traditional lemon bars into ones you don\’t have to feel bad about eating. Of course I had to share the recipe with you!
Skinny Lemon Bars
Ingredients
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter; color – cut into small pieces
4 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice; I just used an organic bottle from Costco
3 teaspoons lemon zest
Directions
• Preheat over to 325 degrees.
• To make the crust: mix flour and brown sugar until fully incorporated. Add the cold pieces of butter into the flour mixture and use a pastry blender to mix together the dough should appear lumpy. Sprinkle crust into a 13×9 glass dish; press down with a spatula to create a packed surface. Bake until golden; about 20 minutes.
• Lemon topping: beat eggs in a medium bowl until well blended. Add vanilla and powdered sugar; mixing until the powdered sugar is completely dissolved. Then add the lemon zest. .
• As soon as the crust is finished, remove it from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees, and immediately pour lemon mixture over the hot crust.
• Bake for about 30 minutes allow to cool. You\’ll want to keep this in the refrigerator.
Yields: 24 bars at 3 weight watchers + pts.
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These sound delish! I love lemon bars.
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i'm definitely gonna try this at home! i love lemon bars!!
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I love lemon bars! I'll have to try this version!
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I love lemon bars and only 3 points? fantastic! thanks.
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I love me some skinny lemon…will have to print this one…thanks for sharing!
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Yum! thanks for sharing 🙂
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yum! nice way to make them doable!
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Love this recipe.I just recently made some lemon bars from a box mix. They were so good, but so bad at the same time. Next time I have a craving for some sweet lemon, I will have to try this recipe.
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These look so delicious! Definitely going to give the recipe a try :)Amy x
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yummy. Lemon is so refreshing. I love eating these bars on Spring days.
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I am so going to try these!!! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
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Mmmmmm!!!
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These look great!! And I have been craving something lemon….
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These look just delicious! Lemon bars are so yum! They are one of the few lemon desserts that I love. Thanks for sharing.
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These look delicious. I'm a sucker for lemon bars.http://www.thegirlieblog.com
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Those look delish!
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I *love* all things lemon!!! These look fabulous!Thank you so much for following my blog!!!!! xoxo
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I LOVE LOVE lemon bars and a skinny version?????? I love you! Thank you so much for stopping by, hope to see you back again!
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Oh yum!! The skinny version sounds just as fabulous. I can't wait to try the recipe. xxo
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Yum and Lemon bars are one of my favorites!
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I also love lemon bars! A healthy version totally makes my day! Although, don't tell my boyfriend, because then I won't have any excuses to get off my butt and make them 3 times a week.
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These look really tasty! It wouldn't be a crime to eat a lot of them either!
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This looks good.. skinny lemon bars, and i bet the taste isn't compromised.
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I love lemon bars! I wanted to suggest something. Substitute some whole wheat flour (buy a good brand. it's finer)with the all-purpose white. Even healthier. I do this with chocolate chip cookies and the kids can't tell the difference.
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Oh, I will have to give these a try! delicious and healthy, who would have known?!
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