A spin on lemon bars, these easy Gluten Free Lime Bars are a delicious dessert recipe that is perfect for the warmer weather. Featuring an almond flour crust, these bars use simple ingredients.
Looking for an alternative to lemon squares? How about making a batch of delicious lime bars. This recipe features common ingredients and is easy to make. Perfect for summer cook outs and get togethers.
Lime Bar Ingredients
- 2 egg yolks
- (1) 14-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup of fresh squeezed lime juice
Almond Flour Crust
Rather than use a traditional graham cracker crust, I opted for the very same crust I used in my mini gluten free cheesecakes. This crust is made with almond flour, butter, and two types of sugar. It is better than graham cracker crust in my opinion, and forms the perfect crunchy layer.
- 2 cups of almond flour
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons melted butter (use unsalted)
Use a Citrus Juicer for Ease!
One thing I learned while making my gluten free lime bars is that I really should invest in a citrus juicer. 2 1/2 limes later, and my hands had enough of the squeezing!! I did however enjoy the fresh lime scent that filled up my kitchen; citrus fruits produce the best scents!
These gluten free lime bars, or squares are so simple to make that I am pretty sure they will become a regular thing around here! The only downside to them is that they are best served extremely chilled. I made mine late at night, and chilled them overnight so that they would be picture perfect and set just right.
Do you know how hard it is to photograph such yummy stuff? I wanted to dig in immediately, but had to resort to a few crumbs until tonight.
Tips for Cutting Lime Bars
The parchment paper lined baking dish and wet knife really aided in cutting the perfect bars out! I totally recommend using a wet knife to cut through any squares because it allows the knife to smoothly glide through. Using a greased, and parchment lined pan also helps to keep your lime bras nice and neat, and easy to cut.
Make Lime Bars
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease an 8 x 8 pan, and line it with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix your crust ingredients using clean hands.
- Firmly pat them into the bottom of your pan, and bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow to cool
- In a separate bowl, mix together your lime juice, egg yolks, and condensed milk. Stir until thick.
- Pour filling evenly into the pre-baked crust, and bake at 350 for an additional 15 minutes.
- Allow bars to cool for at least 30 minutes before placing the hot pan into the fridge. Chill for a few hours, or overnight.
If you love anything lime, these gluten free lime bars are sure to be a huge hit! My family loves them so much! You can add a thin sliced candied lime to the top, or some fresh cream as a garnish. ~enjoy~
More Gluten Free Desserts
- Gluten-Free Lemon Squares
- Gluten-Free Strawberry Muffins
- Gluten-Free Lemonade Cake
- Gluten-Free Fruity Pebbles Donuts
Easy Gluten Free Lime Bars
Equipment
- 8 x 8 baking dish
Ingredients
Lime Bar Filling
- 2 large egg yolks
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
Almond Flour Crust
- 2 cups almond flour
- 2 tbsps white sugar
- 2 tbsps brown sugar
- 4 tbsps melted butter (use unsalted)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350°F.
- Grease an 8 x 8 pan, or line it with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix your crust ingredients using clean hands.
- Firmly pat the crust mixture into the bottom of your pan, and bake for 10 minutes; remove once done and set aside on the stove top to cool.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the lime juice, egg yolks, and condensed milk. Stir until thick.
- Pour filling evenly into the prebaked crust, and bake at 350°F for an additional 15 minutes.
- Allow bars to cool for at least 60 minutes before placing the warm pan in the fridge. Chill for a few hours, or overnight before cutting. Use a wet knife to slice each square for ease of cutting.
What a delicious dessert. I’ll have to make it for the family soon. It just looks so rich and delicious.
My mouth is watering right now. I love lemon anything, and this looks extremely yummy.
My family would love this as an after dinner treat. Lemon bars are the best. The silky top just mixes perfectly with the firm crust at the bottom. Yum.
Going to share this with my mom. Trying to get her to go GF as we heard it is good for those with firbomyalgia.
I’ve never had lime bars before. But they sound absolutely delicious! Especially if they are anything like lemon bars! Oh yum!
Key lime pie is my absolute favorite pie, so I have no doubt that I would love these.
Those sound wonderful, I have almond flour I so need to make this!
Mmm, how yummy! I love lime, so this would be great.
The gluten free key lime bars look amazing! I need to try this recipe!
Oh gosh, those look delicious. My daughter would go crazy over those.
wow, these look so amazing. I have a bbq coming up that they would be perfect for. Thanks so much for sharing.
Those look amazing!!! Love that you made them gluten free too
I would love to have one of these right now. What a fun summer dessert idea!
Pretty sure I would LOVE these and eat about 100 of them! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
The lime slice on top was the perfect finishing touch. These sound so good!
I’ve never tried almond flour. My husband is avoiding wheat so this is a good recipe for me to try.
Lime bars are my favorite! These look great and it is so cool they are gluten free!
These sound DELICIOUS! I just had to juice a bunch of limes before they went bad and I wish I’d had this recipe!
I just picked a bunch of fresh limes from my mother-in-laws lime tree. So glad I found this yummy dessert now.
I had some doubts it would come out well but it was great. Followed the directions exactly aside from adding vanilla to crust.
Wow, these are great and I love the almond crust. My wife has celiac, so I am glad I found this recipe. The pudding filling firmed up pretty good, and I guess they could be served as a finger food, but do you think that maybe adding a little cornstarch might firm it up a little more?
Thank you for this!
I ?forgot to mention that I am at 6200 elevation and maybe that may change the consistency of the filling
Hello, it might! These are supposed to have an almost gelatin-like consistency.