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Lemon Bars
You only need 7 ingredients to make these lemon bars. The lemon curd filling is extra thick and creamy and sits on an irresistible buttery shortbread crust.
Prep time
10 minutes
Cook time
40 minutes
Ingredients
11
Steps
11
Filed under: dessert, lemon bars, baking, over 1 hour, vanilla, citrus.
Source channel: Sally's Baking Recipes
Key ingredients
unsalted butter, melted, granulated sugar, pure vanilla extract, + 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour, all-purpose flour.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (16 Tbsp; 226g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups + 2 Tablespoons (265g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
- 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
- 6 Tablespoons (46g) all-purpose flour
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup (240ml) fresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest, optional
- optional: confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Method
- Mix together melted butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt.
- Add the flour and stir until it forms a thick dough.
- Press the dough into a pan lined with parchment paper, making sure the layer of crust is nice and even.
- Bake until the edges are lightly browned, about 20 to 22 minutes.
- Use a fork to poke holes all over the top of the warm crust, but don't poke all the way through.
- Sift together sugar and flour.
- Whisk in eggs, then lemon juice until completely combined.
- Pour the filling over the warm crust.
- Bake the bars for 22 to 26 minutes or until the center is relatively set and no longer jiggles.
- Let the lemon bars cool at room temperature and then transfer them to the refrigerator.
- Dust the cold lemon bars with confectioners’ sugar and cut into squares.