Key Lime Cheesecake protein bars

I really made an effort to change the consistency of my bars with this recipe. I wanted to make them less dry and cake-like and more like a dessert. It worked, but I did need to use Splenda Brown Sugar blend.



Preheat oven to 350

Crust:
8 sugar free wholegrain graham crackers crushed fine(found in health food stores)
1/8 cup of melted vegan butter (or regular butter)

press into the bottom of an ungreased glass baking dish, 9x13

Mix all dry ingredients;
3/4 cup of steel cut oat flour
1/4 cup of oat fiber
1/2 cup of Splenda brown sugar blend
8 packets of Truvia
1 package sugar free/fat free lime gelatin
1 package of sugar free/fat free cheesecake pudding
2 scoops of Optimum Nutrition Vanilla Whey protein (or other brand, I like how this bakes though)
teaspoon of salt

Mix in the following;
1/4 cup of egg whites
1/4 cup of fat free cream cheese
1 cup unsweetened organic applesauce
1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of lime juice
zest from 1/2 of a lime

(Blend with a mixer to avoid clumps of cream cheese.

Pour over crust, bake in oven for 22 minutes. Let cool before serving, garnish with lime. Makes 12 servings with the following macro nutrients;

Calories; 133.22
fat; 3.0
carbs; 14.3
Fiber; 2.25
protein; 6.76