Grain Free Baklava Bars - Real Food with Jessica (2024)

These Grain Free Baklava Bars are a tender shortbread crust and a nutty, honey topping. They are salty, sweet, irresistible as well as egg free and naturally sweetened.

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These bars are definitely inspired by traditional baklava. Of course there aren't the layers of phyllo dough, but the flavors are all there. The crunchy, salty nuts, the sweet honey and the butteriness. If you love traditional baklava, then you'll love these easy bars, no doubt!

Why I Love Danish Creamery

The secret to Danish Creamery’s velvety, rich butter lies in it’s old-world slow churned process. Danish Creamery’s gold-foil wrapped rBST-Free European Style Butter boasts an 85% butterfat (much higher than most other European Style butters which come in at 82-83%) making it a dream in baking applications.

It is definitely the key ingredient in these rich bars and is used in the shortbread and the nut topping. The richness definitely comes through and makes these bars taste indulgent.

Layers of Baklava Bars

These bars start with a simple shortbread crust that is baked before topping. This provides a sturdy foundation to the nuts and honey and adds a gentle sweetness. The nut mixture is then added and the bars are baked again. I made these twice and used pistachios and walnuts one time and pistachios and pecans the other time, but any combination of these nuts would work. Do what you love and what feels familiar to you. Finally the bars are topped with a simple honey syrup that gives them that sticky, signature taste and texture.

I used raw nuts for these so a little salt is added to that layer, but if you choose to use salted nuts then leave the added salt out.

Don't leave out the lemon juice from the honey syrup. It may seem small and not necessarily, but it makes all the difference in flavor because it adds the slightest tang to these rich bars and balances them perfectly.

I know my mom would have loved these bars. Baklava was one of her favorite desserts and she would always buy it if we were at a bakery that carried it, savoring every little bite. Making these made me happy, thinking of her the whole time and remembering those sweet moments I shared with her.

The flavor of these grain free baklava bars is truly incredible, one of the most interesting desserts I've made and I know you will just love them! They are sweet, crunchy, with a small hint of lemon and easy to make! Here are some more recipes to make and enjoy:

• Grain Free Kentucky Butter Cake
• Pecan Pie Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
• Paleo Caramel Cashew Bars
• Vegan Paleo Snickers Bars