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    March 2, 2021

    Easy Lemon Bars

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    These Easy Lemon Bars are sweet and tart, made with fresh lemon and finished with powdered sugar. They are great for a spring or summer dessert. 

    a lemon bar on a spatula held over a pan

    Note: This recipe was originally part of a recipe swap with another food blogger. The blog was called Hun, What's For Dinner.  As far as I can find, that blog no longer exists. This post is completely different from the original as it appeared here in 2013. 

    Ingredients needed:

    • Flour
    • Lemon juice and lemon zest: You want to use freshly squeezed lemon juice and fresh lemon zest in this recipe. If you don't have a zesting tool, you can run your lemons in very short, quick, back-and-forth movements on a cheese grater. 
    • Powdered sugar and granulated white sugar
    • large eggs
    • butter or margarine: I recommend butter. I would hardly ever recommend margarine anywhere. 
    • baking soda 
      ingredients for lemon bars

    Preparation tips: 

     For the  crust, you will want to use cold butter, and cut it into pieces as small as you can before mixing it with flour. 

    flour mixed with butter pieces in a light blue glass bowl

     Pressed the mixture into a 8x13 baking dish and bake at 350 degrees until golden.

    unbaked crust in a pan

    baked lightly golden crust in a pan

    While the crust is baking, get the filling ready. Mix together the eggs with the sugar, lemon juice and zest, flour and baking powder until well combined. When the crust is ready, pour the mixture over the crust and return to the oven for about 25 minutes or until the filling is set. 

    unbaked filling in a pan over baked crust

    baked lemon bar filling

    Allow to cool a bit before sprinkling with powdered sugar, then cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares and serving. 

    baked lemon bars topped with powdered sugar

    How to cut the bars: 

    It's easiest to cut the bars using a serrated bred knife and wiping the knife clean with a damp cloth as needed. 

    How to store:

    Cover these Easy Lemon Bars with plastic wrap and refrigerate as soon as the baking pan is cool. They can be kept refrigerated up to five days. To keep longer, place in a freezer safe container and freeze for up to six months. 

    Looking for more great spring and summer desserts? Try these:

    Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Pie 

    Easter Sugar Cookie Pie 

    Individual Strawberries and Cream Pies 

    Blueberries N Cream Roll Cake 

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    sliced bars topped with powdered sugar with a piece missing from the middle

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    5 from 1 vote

    Easy Lemon Bars

    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time50 mins
    Cooling Time1 hr
    Total Time2 hrs
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: dessert bar recipe, lemon dessert
    Servings: 8

    Ingredients

    For the crust:

    • 2 cups flour
    • ½ cup powdered sugar
    • 1 cup butter or margarine I used butter, the original recipe calls for margarine.

    For the filling:

    • 4 eggs
    • 2 cups sugar
    • ⅓ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
    • ¼ cup flour
    • ½ teaspoon baking powder

    Topping

    • ½ cup powdered sugar

    Instructions

    • Prepare the crust: Preheat oven to 350* F. Combine two cups flour with the powdered sugar. Cut in butter or margarine and stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press into an 8×13 baking dish and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until edges being to brown slightly.
    • While the crust is baking, prepare the filling. Beat the eggs together with the sugar, lemon juice and zest, flour and baking powder until well combined.
    • Once the crust is baked pour the filling over the crust and return to the oven for 25 minutes or until the filling is set. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar and allow pan to cool completely before cutting into squares.
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    1. Bryson Fico says

      March 22, 2021 at 2:40 pm

      5 stars
      Delicious lemon bars - my favorite dessert! I used Myer lemons for an intense and fresh burst of lemon flavor.

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      • Bernadette says

        March 23, 2021 at 1:47 pm

        Hi Bryson, I'm so glad you liked them!

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