Lemon Bars

The Uprooted Kitchen leans on fresh, organic lemons, coconut oil and sugar as well as oat and buckwheat flours for its lemon bar recipe. This reflects the restaurant’s focus on healthy, plant-based food.

Its take on the classic lemon bar maintains that familiar blend of sweet and tart, but omits most of the trans fats and refined sugars upon which other variations rely.

Lemon Bars

Crust:

1 cup organic coconut oil1 cup organic coconut sugar3 cups organic oat flour1 cup organic buckwheat flour

Lemon filling:

1 1/2 cups organic lemon juice2 cups organic coconut sugar2 1/2 cups organic coconut milk3/4 cup arrowroot powder2 Tbsp turmeric

Preheat oven to 350​° F.

In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients for crust until incorporated. Press crust into bottom of parchment-lined 8-inch baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes.

While crust is baking, whisk together filling ingredients in a medium sauce pan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly. Turn off heat as soon as mixture starts to boil. Pour filling into crust, then bake for 20 minutes.

Remove the baking pan and let chill. Once cool, cut and top with organic powdered sugar.