Easy Lemon Bars
The best easy lemon bars recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. These lemon squares have a buttery shortbread cookie crust with sweet and tangy lemon curd filling.
Servings: 16 Slices
Calories: 187kcal
Ingredients
Shortbread crust
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted, Room temperature
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- ¼ cup Powdered sugar Not granulated sugar
Lemon Curd Filling
- ½ cup Lemon juice Freshly squeezed
- 1 tablespoon Lemon zest
- 3 Eggs Large, Room temperature
- 1.5 cups Granulated sugar
- ½ cup All-purpose flour Sifted
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add butter, flour, powdered sugar until you have a crumbly dough.
- Spread cookie dough in a square pan (Dimensions: 8x8), lined with parchment paper.
- Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until it's golden brown on top.
- Remove from oven and let it cool for 15 minutes.
- While the shortbread cookie crust is cooling, prepare the lemon curd filling.
- In a large mixing bowl, add lemon juice, zest, eggs, sugar, flour and mix until combined.
- Pour this filling on top of the shortbread crust
- Bake again at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until the top is almost set and the center jiggles slightly.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool completely to room temperature.
- Then cover with plastic foil and chill in fridge for 2 hours or overnight. Do not skip this step because it allows the filling to set further.
- Remove from fridge and sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
- Cut slices with a sharp knife and enjoy!
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Nutrition
Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 63mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 222IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg