Char's lemon Cheesecake bars

By scottsdalejulie

Ingredients

• I kinda played this one by ear and they turned out nicely!
• Char's Lemon Cheesecake Bars
• Crust
• 2cups2 cups blanched almond flour
• 1/4tsp.1/4 tsp. NuNaturals NuStevia 0 carb powder (or equivalent of about 1/4 cup sugar)
• 22 egg whites (save the yokes to add to the filling)
• 1tablespoon1 tablespoon SF French Vanilla syrup (such as Torani or DaVinci)
• Cream Cheese filling
• 18 oz. block1 8 oz. block cream cheese, softened
• Add the two egg yolks leftover from making the crust
• Juice of 1 medium lemon
• 1cup1 cup granular Splenda (or equivalent of whatever sweetener you like)
• 11 Truvia packet
• 2tablespoons2 tablespoons SF French Vanilla syrup
• Topping
• 3/4cup3/4 cup SF lemon curd (storebought or homemade, recipe follows)
• 11 egg yolk
• Preheat oven to 350* and spray an 8 x 8" baking pan with cooking spray
• Mix together crust ingredients and press into pan evenly. Bake for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, using a mixer, beat filling ingredients together til smooth. When crust is baked, remove from oven and spread the cream cheese filling evenly to the edges - bake 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack to room temp, then refrigerate.
• Easy Microwave Lemon Curd
• 1cup1 cup granular Splenda or equivalent of whatever sweetener you like (I happened to use one of my hoarded QuickPacks)
• 33 eggs
• 1cup1 cup fresh lemon juice
• ZestZest of 2 lemons (yellow part only) - use a microplane grater or the finest grating holes on a box grater for this
• 1/2cup1/2 cup butter, cut into about 1/2" cubes

Preparation

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