| Prep Time | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time | 1 Hour |
| Servings | Bars |
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp Unsalted butter melted
Lemon Custard
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice juice of about 3 lemons
- 2 tbsp almond meal
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon zest
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Cherry Swirl
- 1/2 cups dark cherries thawed
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp water
- powdered sugar for garnish
- lemon zest for garnish
Ingredients Crust
Lemon Custard
Cherry Swirl
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, combine almond meal, brown sugar, and salt. Whisk together and then stir in melted butter. Stir until combined.
- Line an 8x8 baking dish with foil for easy removal and press the almond meal crust into the foiled pan, working it up the edges a bit. Bake the crust at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
- For the lemon filling, zest and juice 2-3 lemons and whisk together all ingredients until well combined. Make sure the cornstarch isn't clumped together.
- When crust is done baking, pour in lemon filling and return to the oven. Bake for 15 minutes.
- While lemon bars are baking, chop thawed cherries finely. Add to a small pot with juice from cherries and sugar. Bring to a simmer, turn heat down to low, and simmer for 5 minutes to thicken. Mash cherry mixture as it simmers with a fork. Then add cornstarch + water mixture and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
- When lemon bars come out of the oven, scoop over cherry swirl topping and use a knife to gently swirl it into the bars.
- Let lemon bars cool to room temperature. Then cover them with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least a few hours (or overnight).
- When ready to serve, remove bars from the pan by lifting out the foil. Peel foil down from the sides of the bars and chop them into 12 even pieces. Dust bars with powdered sugar and extra lemon zest.
- Store extra bars in the fridge in an airtight container for 4-5 days.
Recipe Notes
I am hard to please in the desert department as I do not like anything that is too sweet. These bars hit it on the head and are now one of my favorites. This delicious recipe comes courtesy of Macheesmo and we cannot thank him enough.
