Name: Creamy Lemon Crumb Bars Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1¼ cups all-purpose flour; 1¼ cups Old fashioned rolled oats; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp Baking Soda; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup light brown sugar; ¾ cup unsalted butter; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 14 oz sweetened condensed milk; 2 tbsp lemon zest; ½ cup Fresh Lemon Juice; 2 large egg yolks

How To Make Creamy Lemon Crumb Bars

Sweet, tangy, and rich in texture, these lemon crumb bars are cooked with a milky lemon cream in between layers of oatmeal brown sugar crumble.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 40 minutes

Total: 55 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1¼cupsall-purpose flour
1¼cupsold fashioned rolled oats
½tspsalt
½tspbaking soda
½cupgranulated sugar
½cuplight brown sugar,packed
¾cupunsalted butter,melted
1tspvanilla extract
14ozsweetened condensed milk
2tbsplemon zest,finely grated
½cupfresh lemon juice
2largeegg yolks

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and butter/flour or baking spray an 8×8-inch baking pan.
In a large mixing bowl add flour, oats, salt, and baking soda. Mix in the sugar and light brown sugar.
Add the vanilla and melted butter together and mix it into the dry ingredients.
Press half the mixture into the bottom of the baking pan.
Bake for 15 minutes.
While the crust is baking, mix together the condensed milk, lemon zest, lemon juice, and egg yolks.
Add it to the baking pan once it is done baking and dot the top of the filling with the remaining crumble evenly.
Bake for an additional 20 to 22 minutes.
Let cool completely, then refrigerate. The bars slice better cold.

Recipe Notes

To slice perfectly, freeze it so the filling doesn’t ooze at all while cutting.
Serving Suggestion: Freeze the bars then cut and dip the bottom half in some melted white chocolate. Put the dipped bars onto a wax paper-lined cookie sheet and keep refrigerated.