Vegan lemon bars with lemon curd, white chocolate and raspberries

If your day needs a sweet treat, these vegan lemon bars are the BEST! Because if life gives you lemons, make lemon cookies! Sometimes that's all you need to brighten your day! These cookies are sweet, buttery, doughy, creamy and fruity. They are topped with lemon curd, white chocolate and freeze dried raspberries. 

The Recipe

Vegan lemon bars with lemon curd, white chocolate and raspberries

Ingredients

For the cookie dough:

2 cups / 250 g all-purpose flour

11 tablespoons / 80 g powdered sugar

6 ounces / 175 g vegan butter

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon freeze dried raspberries

For the lemon curd:

1/2 cup / 125 g sugar

1,5 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 cup / 60 ml lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

zest of 1 lemon

1/2 cup / 110 ml plant-based milk (I used coconut-almond milk)

For the white chocolate:

2 ounces / 60 g of white cocoa butter

1/4 cup + 1 teaspoon / 30 g powdered sugar

1/4 cup + 1 teaspoon / 30 g vegan milk powder (I used coconut milk powder)

Sub in store bought vegan white chocolate

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F / 180 °C. In a bowl combine flour, powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice and lemon zest. Knead by hand until smooth. Carefully add the freeze dried raspberries. 

2. Line a 8-inch (20 cm) rectangular baking pan with parchment paper. Transfer the cookie dough into it and bake for about 30 minutes.

3. Meanwhile make the lemon curd. In a pan add sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and coconut almond milk. Heat over medium heat until lemon mixture starts to bubble. Carefully add cornstarch and stir frequently until lemon curd get thicker. Fill in a mason jar glass.

4. Spread 1/2 cup / 165 g of the lemon curd (or more if you like) over the cooled baked cookie dough. Put into fridge for about 1 hour. 

5. For the white chocolate melt cocoa butter over a water bath. Sift in powdered sugar and milk powder. Mix until creamy. Pour chocolate over cookie bars and put into fridge until the chocolate is set. Cut into squares. ENJOY!