How To Make 5-Ingredient Lemon Bars
Lemon bars with an irresistible lemon curd filling on top a crusty shortbread gives out a fresh citrusy note leaving any picnic as memorable as it’s taste.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Shortbread Crust:
- 1½cupsall-purpose flour
- ¾cupcold butter,diced
- ¼cuppowdered sugar
- 1lemon zest
For the Lemon Filling:
- 4large eggs
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- ½cuplemon juice,freshly-squeezed
- 2tbspall-purpose flour
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 by 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper; set aside.
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Combine all of the crust ingredients in a food processor.
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Pulse until the mixture reaches a fine crumble consistency.
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You want the butter to be well combined, but to stop before the mixture turns into a ball.
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Sprinkle the crust mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Then press the mixture down firmly to form an even layer.
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Bake the crust for 20 minutes, or until it is lightly golden on top.
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Meanwhile, whisk the lemon filling ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl until combined.
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Once the crust is done baking, remove the pan from the oven and immediately pour the lemon filling on top of the hot crust.
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Return the pan to the oven and bake for 18 to 20 more minutes, or until the lemon filling has set.
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Remove the pan from the oven and transfer to a wire baking rack to cool until the bars reach room temperature.
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Then transfer to the refrigerator and let the bars chill for at least 2 hours.
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Sprinkle the tops of the bars with extra powdered sugar, if you would like, then slice and serve!
Recipe Notes
- If your powdered sugar or flour are too chunky or there are lots of bubbles whisked into the filling, feel free to just pour the filling through a fine-mesh strainer to get it nice and smooth before adding it to the crust.
- Alternately, you can combine the crust ingredients together in a mixing bowl with a pastry cutter or a fork.
Nutrition
- Calories: 178.88kcal
- Fat: 9.96g
- Saturated Fat: 5.88g
- Trans Fat: 0.35g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.71g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.62g
- Carbohydrates: 19.78g
- Fiber: 0.45g
- Sugar: 9.48g
- Protein: 3.01g
- Cholesterol: 69.38mg
- Sodium: 19.48mg
- Calcium: 13.01mg
- Potassium: 42.63mg
- Iron: 0.83mg
- Vitamin A: 92.80µg
- Vitamin C: 3.92mg
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