Blueberry Lemon Perfect Bars
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These melt-in-your-mouth Blueberry Lemon perfect bars have that soft cookie dough texture, with just the right amount zest! They’re gluten free, refined sugar free, and can be made completely vegan too.
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Why You’ll Love These Blueberry Lemon Perfect Bars
- They’re completely no bake
- They’ve got that melt-on-your-mouth cookie dough texture
- They’ve got approximately 18 grams protein per bar
- They are the perfect combination of sweet & zesty
- They are gluten free, refined sugar free, and can be made completely dairy free
Key Ingredients
- Cashew butter – provides that cookie dough texture, but is more neutral in taste, so it won’t take away from the blueberry lemon flavor like peanut butter would
- Lemon Birthday Cake Protein Powder – the flavor is unbelievable! It tastes like you’re biting into a slice of lemon birthday cake. I used Just Ingredients brand, which is clean ingredient and 3rd party tested for heavy metals. My code colleenF10 saves you sitewide
- You can use vanilla protein powder as well
- Pure maple syrup – adds sweet without adding refined table sugar. Pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup) is lower glycemic index than white sugar, so it’s easier on your blood sugar
- Lemon extract – not necessary if using Lemon protein powder. If using vanilla you may want more of a lemon taste, and since you don’t want to add liquid here in the form of lemon juice, the extract is perfect
- Lemon zest – amplifies the lemon taste
- Coconut butter – more neutral in taste, it provides a subtle sweetness to the glazed topping making these blueberry lemon perfect bars resemble a lemon cake!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Cashew Butter
- 6 Tbsp Vanilla Protein Powder
- 3 Tbsp Almond Flour
- 3 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp Lemon Extract
- 1 whole Lemon Zest
- 1/3 cup Dried Blueberries, Unsweetened
- 2 Tbsp Coconut Butter, Organic
- 1 tsp Lemon Zest
Process
- Mix all dough ingredients together until smooth
- Fold in dried blueberries
- Press down into loaf tin lined with parchment paper and top with more blueberries
- Refrigerate for 1 hour
- Slice into 6 bars
- Drizzle with melted coconut butter & top with more lemon zest
- Refrigerate another 15 min until glaze is firm
- Enjoy!
- Keep stored in the fridge
Variations for Dietary Preferences
- Cashew butter – can replace with sunbutter or vanilla oat butter like the oat haus brand
- To keep it vegan – use a plant based vanilla protein powder
- You can replace the pure maple syrup with honey
- You can use freeze dried blueberries in place of dried bluerries
- Fresh or frozen blueberries will leave these soggy, so I do not recommend
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Ingredients
Bars
- 1/2 cup Cashew Butter
- 6 Tbsp Vanilla Protein Powder
- 3 Tbsp Almond Flour
- 3 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp Lemon Extract
- 1 whole Lemon Zest
- 1/3 cup Dried Blueberries Unsweetened
Glaze
- 2 Tbsp Coconut Butter Organic
- 1 tsp Lemon Zest
Instructions
- Mix all dough ingredients together until smooth
- Fold in dried blueberries
- Press down into loaf tin lined with parchment paper and top with more blueberries
- Refrigerate for 1 hour
- Slice into 6 bars
- Drizzle with melted coconut butter & top with more lemon zest
- Refrigerate another 15 min until glaze is firm
- Enjoy!
- Keep stored in the fridge