This simple Lemon Bar recipe requires only 9 ingredients and 30 minutes! The topping will sit on a deliciously sweet crust and have an irresistible scent. Try this dessert for your next picnic, bake sale, or brunch!
Pro-Tip: Always bake lemon bars at a lower temperature – this protects against over baking!
Ingredients:
For the crust:
- 2 cups of flour
- 2/3 cups of butter
- ½ cup of powdered sugar
For the topping
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups of sugar
- 4 tablespoons of flour
- 4 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 1 and ½ cups Native Vanilla Lemon Extract
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- Powdered sugar for final dusting
Makes 18 servings!
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 360 degrees. In a bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar, and flour. Proceed to add mixture to the bottom of a square baking dish, ungreased. Bake 15-20 minutes or until appearance is lightly browned.
- Topping: In a bowl, beat sugar, flour, eggs, lemon juice, lemon extract, salt, and baking powder until appearance is frothy. Pour over crust and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes.
- Cool completely and finish off with a light dusting of powdered sugar.
- Enjoy!
2 comments
I make lemon bars frequently.
1 and 1/2 CUPS of lemon extract has to be a typo. That would be 12 OUNCES of extract!! 1 and 1/2 teaspoons is more than adequate. And to bake the filling completey, so that it sets properly, takes 20 to 25 minutes.
Is the Lemon Extract quantity Correct? Or should it read 1 1/2 teaspoons