Lemon Streusel Bars Recipes

LEMON SQUARE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a medium bowl, stir together 2 cups flour and confectioners' sugar. Blend in the melted butter. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until golden. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light. Combine the sugar, baking powder and 1/4 cup of flour so there will be no flour lumps. Stir the sugar mixture into the eggs. Finally, stir in the lemon juice. Pour over the prepared crust and return to the oven.
• Bake for an additional 30 minutes or until bars are set. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.

THE BEST LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup sugar. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden. In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1/4 cup flour. Whisk in the eggs and lemon juice. Pour over the baked crust.
• Bake for an additional 20 minutes in the preheated oven. The bars will firm up as they cool. For a festive tray, make another pan using limes instead of lemons and adding a drop of green food coloring to give a very pale green. After both pans have cooled, cut into uniform 2 inch squares and arrange in a checker board fashion.

SAVANNAH SMILES ZESTY LEMON STREUSEL BARS RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• 1. Cream together all 4 crust ingredients with an electric mixer, until it forms into dough. 2. Spread the crust dough evenly into a 9"x9" pan. 3. Bake crust for 10 minutes at 350 deg. 4. While the crust is baking, prepare the filling by combining all the filling ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer for about 2 minutes. 5. Remove the crust from the oven and immediately pour filling on top of the hot crust. 6. Sprinkle the crushed cookies evenly over the filling. 7. Continue baking the bars for 20-25 minutes until set. 8. Remove from the oven and cool. 9. Dust with powdered sugar and serve

LEMON STREUSEL BARS

Steps:

• Combine filling ingredients until fully blended.
• Blend butter and brown sugar together, add flour and oats, and mix with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Reserve 2 cups streusel and press remaining streusel onto bottom of sprayed 9-inch baking pan.
• Spread filling over crust, sprinkle with reserved streusel, and pat streusel gently into filling.
• Bake 30-35 minutes at 350° or until light golden brown, and cool completely before cutting into bars.

YUMMY LEMON STREUSEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Combine condensed milk, lemon juice and zest and mix well to make filling.
• In a separate bowl, mix butter and brown sugar until well blended.
• Add flour and oats cutting in with a pastry blender (as if making a pie crust) to a coarse crumb.
• Set aside two cups of crust mixture for topping.
• Press remaining crumbs into a 9" square pan.
• Spread filling evenly over the top of crust.
• Sprinkle with remaining crust mixture, patting it gently into the filling.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until a light brown.
• Cool before cutting into 2 1/4" square bars.

THE MOST-LEMONY LEMON BAR OF ALL TIME

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with foil leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Grease the foil and dish with 1 tablespoon butter.
• To make the crust, pulse the zest with 1/3 cup of the sugar in a food processor until the sugar is yellow and sandy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups of the flour, the butter, cornstarch and salt and pulse until the dough comes together, about 1 minute. Press the dough evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake until the crust is golden at the edges and pale golden in the center, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F. To make the filling, whisk the eggs and egg yolks with the remaining 1 2/3 cups sugar and the remaining 1/2 cup flour in a bowl until smooth. Whisk in 1 cup lemon juice.
• Pour the filling over the warm crust and return to the oven. Bake until the filling is just set, about 30 minutes.
• Cool the lemon bars on a wire rack, 30 minutes, then refrigerate uncovered until firm, at least 1 hour. Lift the bars out of the pan using the foil. Peel off the foil and cut into 24 bars. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Place a piece of gummy lemon candy on top of each square and serve.

STREUSEL-TOPPED LEMON TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°, In a small bowl, combine flour, confectioners' sugar and lemon zest; cut in butter until crumbly. Press onto the bottom and 1/2 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Bake 10-15 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat eggs, sugar and lemon juice until thick and lemon-colored. Beat in flour, baking powder and lemon zest until blended. Pour into crust. Bake 20-25 minutes or until set., For topping, in a small bowl, combine flour and brown sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over filling. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. Remove sides of pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate leftovers.