When I was digging through my recipe book last week on my hunt for Peanut Butter Bars, I found this recipe that I haven’t had in AGES – Lemon Pie Bars! My aunt used to make these and bring them to family parties, they taste JUST like lemon pie. As soon as I found it, I knew I’d have to share it with you all.
They are actually best served on a plate with a fork, because they can be a little sticky (so if you’re looking for something to eat at maybe a picnic, I probably wouldn’t choose this recipe). But for a nice light dessert or a pot luck – these are always delicious.
Lemon Pie Bars
Ingredients
- For the crust:
- 2 c. flour
- ½ c. powdered sugar
- 1 c. softened butter
For the filling:- 4 eggs
- 1½ c. sugar
- ½ c. lemon juice
- ¼ c. flour
- 1 Tbsp. grated lemon rind/lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F.
- First - the crust. Using a pastry cutter, blend all 3 crust ingredients together until you have a nice dough. Press it into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan and bake for 20 minutes, until it's slightly browned.
- While your crust is baking, beat together your filling ingredients. Beat on low speed for 1-2 minutes.
- When the crust is done, pour the filling mixture over the crust and return to the oven to bake for an additional 20 minutes - until the filling has set. A note here - it's easy to forget your pan is hot when you add the raw filling, so handle your pan with care. (Don't ask why I feel the need to point this out, LOL.)
- Cool completely, and sprinkle with a bit of powdered sugar if you would like. Cut into bars. If you are removing them from the pan and packing them to take somewhere, you should place a piece of wax paper between stacked bars.
Hi, can you tell me how you get the powdered sugar not to dissolve? I sprinkle the sugar and just a short time later it is no longer visible.
this lemon treat is scrumptious! when i first saw this, i could taste the deliciousness from the picture! 100% recommend this extraordinary piece!
These look so good!! Pinned them and hopefully will actually make them!! Thanks for sharing!!
This looks so delicious!!
These are on the “to make” list for this weekend!
These look way better than the recipe I usually use! I am totally trying this soon. I LOVE the sweet tartness of lemon bars.
Beautiful pictures! Love these bars! Now you’re talking language I understand – food :))
I make something very similar all the time. What I want to know is how you get them cut so neatly. Mine never cut so cleanly, The top kind of crackles when I cut mine.
I can’t wait to try these. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, this recipe is SO MUCH like the recipe I won Best of Show in Cookies at the AZ State Fair with, something like 15 years ago. I had severely modified it from a recipe book version (that called for margarine, yuck!).
These look great! And the ingredients are not scary at all.
BTW – love the new site, I think I stopped getting the feed when you switched your blog and was wondering where you were. I just had to update my feed. Congrats on your pregnancy.
I could taste the lemon from the picture. It is such a fun spring dessert. Thanks so much!!
YUMMO! I just pinned and tweeted…too good not to share! I’ll have to make these this weekend ’cause my daughter just LOVES lemon stuff right now!