THE BEST LEMON BARS
It's tough to top a classic lemon bar, but we've done it! We kept the tender, buttery crust and bright filling of the original, and made a few improvements. For our luscious lemon layer, we employed a unique double-cooking method. Simmering first on the stovetop like lemon curd allows us to add butter, which balances the tart and sweet elements and adds a richer, smoother texture.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 3h
Yield 24 bars
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang on 2 sides; spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- For the crust: Add the flour, cornstarch, confectioners' sugar and salt to the bowl of a food processor and pulse 10 times until combined. Add the cold butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse sand, about 30 times. (The dough will not come together in one mass.) Sprinkle the mixture evenly in the prepared pan and lightly pat it down. Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until golden brown around the edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
- For the filling: Combine the eggs, yolks, sugar, flour, salt and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Whisk continuously over medium heat, occasionally scraping down the sides and edges of the pan with a rubber spatula, until simmering and thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the lemon zest and butter until combined.
- Lower the oven temperature to 300 degrees F. Pour the filling over the crust and bake until just set, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Place on a wire rack to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
- Use the foil overhang to lift the bars from the pan. Remove the foil and slice into squares. Dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.
LEMON BREAD
I often bake this sunshiny-sweet lemon bread when company's due. It has a loaf-like texture. -Kathy Scott, Lingle, Wyoming
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 55m
Yield 1 loaf (12 slices).
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, lemon zest and juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. , Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; immediately drizzle over bread. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 228 calories, Fat 9g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 52mg cholesterol, Sodium 143mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (22g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 3g protein.
LEMON APPLE BRAID
This is a delightful danish-like dessert! I've been making this since I was single (in fact it mighta been what help me land my man!)
Provided by Charmie777
Categories Breads
Time 38m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375º.
- Unroll crescent roll dough into 2 long rectangles on large ungreased cookie sheet.
- Overlap long sides to form 13x7" rectangle; firmly press edges and perforations to seat.
- In medium bowl, combine sugar, flour, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon lemon peel.
- Stir in apples until well coated.
- Spoon apple mixture in 2 inch strip lengthwise down center of dough.
- Make cuts 1/2 inch apart on each side of rectangle at an angle.
- Braid strips over filling.
- Bake at 375º for 18-22 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet.
- In small bowl, combine all glaze ingredients, adding enough lemon juice for desired drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle over warm braid.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 175.8, Fat 1.9, SaturatedFat 0.5, Cholesterol 14.2, Sodium 131.1, Carbohydrate 37.3, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 19.6, Protein 3.1
BEST LEMON LOAF EVER
Seriously amazing lemon loaf cake. It was gone in a few hours. The icing makes it that much better.
Provided by Flower_In_Bloom
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- Whisk flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl. Cream sugar and butter in a separate bowl with an electric mixer. Add eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, lemon extract, and vanilla; beat until incorporated.
- Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture; whisk until smooth. Add oil and mix well. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- While the cake is cooling, mix powdered sugar, milk, lemon zest, and lemon extract in a bowl until smooth. Pour over the cooled loaf. Slice up the loaf when the icing sets.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 424.7 calories, Carbohydrate 60.9 g, Cholesterol 69.3 mg, Fat 18.5 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 4.7 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 300.4 mg, Sugar 41.9 g
THE ULTIMATE LEMON BUTTER BAR
Provided by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Categories Food Processor Mixer Citrus Egg Fruit Dessert Bake Easter Kid-Friendly Back to School Lemon Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Makes 1 1/2 dozen 2 2/3-inch by 1 1/3-inch bars
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- EQUIPMENT:
- 8-inch by 8-inch by 2-inch baking pan, preferably metal (if using a glass pan, lower the oven temperature 25°F.), bottom and 2 sides lined with an 8-inch by 16-inch strip of heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- SHORTBREAD BASE
- Food Processor Method
- Cut the butter into 1-inch cubes, wrap it, and refrigerate.
- In a food processor with the metal blade, process the sugars for 1 minute or so, until the sugar is very fine. Add the butter and pulse in until the sugar disappears. Add the flour and pulse in until there are a lot of little moist crumbly pieces and no dry flour particles remain.
- Dump the mixture into a plastic bag and press it together. Remove the dough from the plastic bag and knead it lightly, until it holds together.
- Electric Mixer Method or by Hand
- In Scotland, it is said that the best shortbread is mixed with the fingers and that each woman's fingers lend something distinctive and special to the finished cookie. I find that the texture is more delicate when the dough is mixed with the fingers rather than in a machine. For either method, use superfine sugar for the best texture and be sure to soften the butter.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugars. In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugars until light and fluffy. With your fingers or with the electric mixer, mix in the flour until incorporated. If using the mixer, add the flour in 2 parts.
- For Both Methods
- Place 1 oven rack in the middle of the oven.
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Pat the dough into the prepared pan. Use a fork to prick the dough all over.
- Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned and the top is pale golden (do not brown).
- While the shortbread is baking, prepare the Lemon Curd Topping.
- LEMON CURD TOPPING
- Have a strainer, suspended over a bowl, ready near the range.
- In a heavy noncorrodible saucepan, beat the egg yolks and sugar with a wooden spoon until well blended. Stir in the lemon juice, butter, and salt. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, for about 6 minutes, until thickened and resembling hollandaise sauce, which thickly coats a wooden spoon but is still liquid enough to pour. (A candy thermometer will read 196°F.) The mixture will change from translucent to opaque and begin to take on a yellow color on the back of a wooden spoon. It must not be allowed to boil or it will curdle. (It will steam above 140°F. Whenever steaming occurs, remove the pan briefly from the heat, stirring constantly to prevent boiling.)
- When the curd has thickened, pour it at once into the strainer. Press it with the back of a spoon until only the coarse residue remains. Discard the residue. Stir in the lemon zest.
- When the shortbread is baked, remove it from the oven, lower the temperature to 300°F., pour the lemon curd on top of the shortbread, and return it to the oven for 10 minutes.
- Cool the lemon curd-topped shortbread completely in the pan on a wire rack. Refrigerate the pan for 30 minutes to set the lemon curd completely before cutting into bars. Place the powdered sugar in a strainer and tap the strainer with a spoon to sprinkle a thick, even coating, entirely covering the lemon.
- Run a small metal spatula between the sides of the pan and the pastry on the 2 sides without the aluminum foil. Use the foil to lift out the lemon curd-covered shortbread onto a cutting surface. Use a long, sharp knife to cut the shortbread first in thirds, then in half the other way, and then each half in thirds. Wipe the blade after each cut.
- The powdered sugar will start to be absorbed into the lemon curd after several hours, but it can be reapplied before serving.
- Store:
- In an airtight container at room temperature, or in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Keeps:
- 3 days at room temperature, 3 weeks refrigerated (individually wrapped in plastic wrap to prevent drying), or 3 months frozen.
- Smart Cookie
- • Cooking the topping before pouring it into the shortbread ensures crispness as opposed to the usual pastiness of the pastry.
- • Returning the curd to the oven, where it will be exposed to heat without stirring, causes the yolk to rebond, making it firm enough to cut after cooling.
- • If each lemon is heated about 10 seconds in a microwave oven on high power and rolled around while pressing on it lightly, it will release a significantly greater quantity of juice.
- • An aluminum pan should not be used to prepare the lemon curd because it will react with the egg yolks, turning them chartreuse.
- • Sugar raises the coagulation point of the egg yolk. It also protects it from premature coagulation during the addition of the lemon juice. If the juice were added directly to the unprotected yolk, the yolk would partially coagulate and, when strained, a large percentage of it would be left behind in the strainer. Be sure to mix the sugar well with the egg yolks before adding the juice.
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