# Lemon Raspberry Bars

These lemon raspberry bars feature a thick, buttery shortbread crust with a gooey lemon raspberry curd baked right on top, perfect for Easter or a picnic.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- lemon zest
- sugar
- butter
- vanilla
- flour
- raspberries
- lemon juice
- eggs

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- grater
- bowl
- hand mixer
- strainer
- baking pan
- parchment paper
- scissors
- spatula
- citrus juicer
- oven mitts

## Tips

- 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@flouring.kitchen/video/7216403919654653190?lang=en
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6194c271-776b-4cbc-b99b-8fbd228973ce
- Extracted: 2025-08-22

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