Healthy Lemon Bars Recipe with Pine Nut Crust: 5 WW SmartPoints
Lip-puckering, lemony goodness on a pine nut crust, this lemon bars recipe is divine and only 5 WW SmartPoints per bar!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup All-Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Powdered Sugar
- 3 tbsp Pine Nuts, toasted & coarsely chopped
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Butter, unsalted & chilled, cut into small pieces
- 2 tbsp Canola Oil
- Cooking Spray
- ¾ cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 tbsp All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Lemon Rind, grated
- ½ cup Lemon Juice (fresh or bottled), approximately 4 lemons
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 large Egg White
- 2 tbsp Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Place flour, 1/4 cup powdered sugar, pine nuts, and salt in a food processor; pulse 2 times to combine. Add butter and canola oil. Pulse 3 to 5 times or until mixture resembles coarse meal. Place mixture into the bottom of an 8-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish coated with cooking spray; press into bottom of pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
- Combine granulated sugar and next 5 ingredients (through egg white) in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Pour mixture over crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until set. Remove from oven, and cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours. Sprinkle bars evenly with 2 tablespoons powdered sugar.
Notes
5 WW SmartPoints {Green Plan}