SCD Recipe: Lemon Creme Cups

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cups coconut butter; 1 tbsp butter (substitute coconut oil for Paleo); 1/4 cup lemon juice; 2 tbsp honey; 1/2 tsp vanilla

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Making candy for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) is easy and only takes a few ingredients! I’ve used these basic ingredients to make different kinds of “chocolate”-like cany including nut-butter cups and nut clusters. It’s easy to modify it to create new flavors.

This time I decided to try out making lemon candies and I love them! They’re soft and creamy with just the right balance of tart and sweet.

Coconut butter is the essential ingredient for these. It provides the creamy texture you want for this type of candy. It’s more of a speciality ingredient and can be a little more expensive, but I like to use to treat myself every once in a while.

Making candy takes patience. Keep the heat as low as you can – medium-low should work for this. Too high of heat causes the ingredients to separate. The candy will come out gritty or won’t even hold together. The coconut butter wil also brown and won’t have the right texture.

You want to candy to stay smooth while cooking, which requires a lower heat and constant stirring. It’s well worth the effort if you want to satisfy your sweet tooth!

Be sure not to eat more than a couple at a time as they’re pretty rich.

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Course Candy, Dessert

Cuisine SCD

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Chilling Time 30 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 12 candies

Author Sherry Lipp

Ingredients

1/2 cups coconut butter
1 tbsp butter substitute coconut oil for Paleo
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Line mini-muffin pan with mini-muffin baking cups
Add all ingredients to a small saucepan
Heat over medium-low heat - stir constantly for 5 - 10 minutes
The mixture should be smooth, thicken, and start to look shiny
Remove from heat when mixture coats the back of the spoon
Pour mixture into muffin pan - you can fill them all the way up
Allow to cool for a few minutes and then freeze for 30 minutes
Remove from freezer and remove candies from the muffin pan
Store in refrigerator - they melt quickly!

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Sherry Lipp

Founder at Happy Gut For Life

Sherry is a Certificed Holistic Gut Practioner, author, and recipe creator. Sherry started the Specific Carbohydrate Diet in 2000 and has been creating delicious, grain and gluten-free recipes ever since. She is the author of the Don't Skip Dessert SCD cookbooks.