Lemon Raspberry Bars

Name: Lemon Raspberry Bars
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: lemon zest; sugar; butter; vanilla; flour; raspberries; lemon juice; eggs

Serves 1

Serves 1

Directions

1Start by making the base: add lemon zest and sugar to a bowl and rub together with your hands.
2Add butter, vanilla, and flour to the bowl with lemon zest and sugar and mix with a hand mixer.
3Combine the ingredients with a spatula until a dough forms.
4Line your baking pan with parchment paper.
5Press the dough into the lined baking pan, making sure to create a border of crust going up the sides.
6Bake the crust in the oven.
7Make the filling: grate lemon zest into a bowl, add sugar, and rub together with your hands.
8Add flour and eggs to the bowl with lemon zest and sugar, and whisk to combine.
9Strain raspberries into the filling mixture.
10Squeeze lemon juice into the filling mixture.
11Pour the filling mixture over the baked crust in the baking pan.
12Bake the bars until the filling is set.
13Dust with powdered sugar once cooled.

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Ensure you have a border of crust going up the sides of the baking pan to prevent the filling from seeping underneath and baking under the crust.
When baked, the filling should be completely set with no liquid in the middle, but it will still be a little jiggly.

Serves 1

Serves 1

1Start by making the base: add lemon zest and sugar to a bowl and rub together with your hands.
2Add butter, vanilla, and flour to the bowl with lemon zest and sugar and mix with a hand mixer.
3Combine the ingredients with a spatula until a dough forms.
4Line your baking pan with parchment paper.
5Press the dough into the lined baking pan, making sure to create a border of crust going up the sides.
6Bake the crust in the oven.
7Make the filling: grate lemon zest into a bowl, add sugar, and rub together with your hands.
8Add flour and eggs to the bowl with lemon zest and sugar, and whisk to combine.
9Strain raspberries into the filling mixture.
10Squeeze lemon juice into the filling mixture.
11Pour the filling mixture over the baked crust in the baking pan.
12Bake the bars until the filling is set.
13Dust with powdered sugar once cooled.

graterbowlhand mixerstrainerbaking panparchment paperscissorsspatulacitrus juiceroven mitts

Ensure you have a border of crust going up the sides of the baking pan to prevent the filling from seeping underneath and baking under the crust.
When baked, the filling should be completely set with no liquid in the middle, but it will still be a little jiggly.