5-Ingredient Lemon Bars at home
- Yield 16
- Prep 15 minutes
- Cook 40 minutes
- Total 55 minutes
5-Ingredient Lemon Bars at home is a dessert recipe on Avoteb. The yield on the card is 16. Plan on 55 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 16 servings
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cold butter, diced
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- zest of 1 lemon
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Method
Warm oven to 350°F. Line an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper; keep nearby.
Mix all of the crust ingredients in a food processor. Pulse until the mixture reaches a fine crumble consistency. You want the butter to be well combined, but to stop before the mixture turns into a ball. (Alternately, you can combine the crust ingredients together in a mixing bowl with a pastry cutter or a fork.)
Scatter the crust mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Then press the mixture down firmly to form an even layer.
Roast the crust for 20 minutes, or until it is lightly golden on top.
While that cooks, whisk the lemon filling ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl until combined. If your powdered sugar or flour are too chunky or there are lots of bubbles whisked into the filling, feel free to just pour the filling through a fine-mesh strainer to get it nice and smooth before adding it to the crust. (But if there are a few little clumps, that's ok too!)
Once the crust is done baking, remove the pan from the oven and immediately pour the lemon filling on top of the hot crust. Put back the pan to the oven and bake for 18-20 more minutes*, or until the lemon filling has set.
Lift the pan from the oven and move to a wire baking rack to cool until the bars reach room temperature. Then move to the refrigerator and let the bars chill for at least 2 hours.
Scatter the tops of the bars with extra powdered sugar*, if you would like, then slice and serve!
