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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick butter, soft
- 1 egg and 1 yolk
- juice and zest from 1/2 lemon
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
- additional lemon zest for sprinkling
Preparation
Step 1
These bars have an almost brownie-like texture- crisp on the edges with soft and chewy middles. They are lemon-y to the max and are topped with a gooey lemon glaze that sends them over the top. They are delicious freshly glazed, but I also froze a bunch of them and then thawed them in the container at room temperature. You’d never have known they were frozen as they tasted absolutely perfect and the texture was spot on. Convenient and delicious- can’t beat that right?
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additional lemon zest for sprinkling
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth and pale. Add the egg, yolk, juice and zest and mix until well combined.
Sprinkle the flour and salt over the wet ingredients and mix on low until well combined - (do not over mix)
Pour batter into a greased 8x8 baking pan and bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or until the edges are just golden and the center of the pan is set. Cool bars before glazing.
Stir the powdered sugar together with the lemon juice (1 tablespoon to start, adding more if needed) until a smooth consistency is reached.
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I LOVE lemon, and these look perfect and quite simple! I just want to pour that glaze all over my face. Weird? Potentially. Necessary? Yes.
I love all things lemon, so these look divine. I’m thinking they could be really with Meyer lemons, as those always make me feel a little bit extra fancy :)
Lemon bars are one of my favorite desserts, but I never eat/ make them. Soft and chewy lemon blondes are like too good to be true. They look soooo ridiculously tasty.
I love the texture of these. I don’t bake a lot with lemons, but this time of year always makes me want to stock up on lemons and limes!
Heather @ Sugar Dish Me
You are SO right about the citrus ray of sunshine! These are GORGEOUS. I think I’ll make them today!!!
Heather
I tried making these the other day, but they didn’t look or turn out like yours did. They were sadly not gooey, but very crumbly and wouldn’t hold together well. I followed the recipe exactly other than using bottled lemon juice in place of the fresh juice and zest. (I have no fresh lemons on hand.) What could I have done wrong? Still quite tasty, I will be sure to try these again!
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