Easy Recipe for Lemon Bars
This quick and easy lemon bar recipe is light and refreshing but also satisfies your sweet tooth! Great for brunch or an evening snack.
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup softened butter (1 1/2 sticks of butter)
- ¼ tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp teaspoon zest from one lemon
Lemon Custard
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups white sugar
- 6 tbsp all-purpose flour
- ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ½ tsp lemon zest
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 9x13 pan with butter and set aside.
Add the flaky crust ingredients into the bowl and mix with a hand mixer on low speed for 2 minutes until the consistency is crumbly.
Add the crust mixture into the prepared pan. Use your fingers to press firmly to create a compacted even layer.
Bake the crust for 22 minutes until the edges are golden brown. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack / or towel. (The crust does not need to cool beyond the time it takes to prepare the lemon custard.)
Lemon Custard
In a bowl add the lemon custard ingredients. Use a hand mixer on low for 2 minutes until the consistency is smooth and silky. Pour the lemon custard over the crust.
Bake for 25 minutes. Use a toothpick to make sure the lemon custard comes out clean.
Place the 9x13 baking dish on a cooling rack for 1 hour until cooled. Transfer to the fridge for 2 hours or until chilled.
Cut into 20 bars.
Keyword easy desserts, lemon bars, no-bake desserts