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graham cracker crumbs coconut flour turbinado sugar ground ginger butter canola oil water cooking spray cottage cheese sugar cream cheese lemon rind lemon juice pineapple juice vanilla salt egg substitute pineapple unsweetened coconut
Viewed: 28 - Published at: 8 years agoIngredients
- 1 cup gluten-free graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 tablespoon water
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup 2% low-fat cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) block-style fat-free cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 tablespoons grated lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon pineapple juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Dash of salt
- 3/4 cup egg substitute
- 1 cup chopped fresh pineapple
- 1/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut, toasted
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a bowl. Add butter, oil, and 1 tablespoon water; toss well. Press mixture into bottom of an 8-inch square metal baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Place cottage cheese and next 7 ingredients in a food processor; process until smooth. Add egg substitute, and process until blended. Spread cheese mixture over cooled crust. Bake at 350° for 33 minutes or until set. Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack. Refrigerate 2 hours or until thoroughly chilled. Top with pineapple and coconut. Cut into 16 bars.
- Standard lemons work well in this recipe, but Meyer lemons, which have a sweeter flavor, are a delicious substitute if you can find them in good condition. Often, you'll find lemons that are too soft, or dry and shriveled. Avoid these. What you want are plump, shiny-skinned fruits that are firm but not hard and seemingly heavy for their size, which is a good sign that they're full of juice.
