Protein Lemon Bars

Jasmine Schmalhaus - The Upside Blog | Vitacost.com/blog

by | Updated: December 3rd, 2016

Head to the bar…the lemon bar. It’s stocked with tart juice and sweet raw honey. You could certainly make a refreshing drink, but there’s much more potential than meets the eye. Perhaps your best option is to craft a flaky-crusted lemon custard dessert. Don’t worry about your waistline or bingeing on sugar, because honey is the only sweetener. Besides, you’ll lemon-squeezie enough protein out of just one delicious square that you won’t be running up a tab.

Light Lemon Bars Recipe

Crust

1 cup oat flour
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 Tbsp. tahini
2 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. unsweetened almond milk

Custard

1 scoop vanilla protein powder
3 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp. honey
4 eggs

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and coat an 8”x8” pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, combine all crust ingredients. Dough should be stiff.
  3. Press crust into prepared pan and bake 10-12 minutes. Remove to cool.
  4. In a clean bowl using a hand mixer, combine all custard ingredients. Mix thoroughly until there are no more clumps in the batter.
  5. Pour custard mixture over cooled crust and bake for another 25 minutes, or until the top is slightly golden.

Bottoms up!