Lemon Cream Bars Recipe
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Lemon Cream Bars are Lusciously creamy and bursting with bright lemon flavor. Deliciously crumb bars start with a cookie mix and have a zesty lemon filling.
Lemon Cream Bars
Deliciously buttery crumb bars stuffed with a zesty lemon cream filling and white chocolate chips! These lemon bars are very easy to make.
I don’t know which one came first running 8 miles because I wanted the dessert or rewarding myself with the dessert because I ran 8 miles!
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup butter room temp
- 1 package Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix
- 1 large egg
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 lemon juice 1/4 cup
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips optional
Lemon Cream Bars Method
This easy dessert has a sweet sugar cookie crust that uses a mix. Sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice make a luscious filling More cookie crumbles are sprinkled on top. Gooey and rich, Lemon Cream Bars are much like a Lemon Blondie.
Cookie mix,
add lemon zest
mix until crumbly
pat half of dough mixture in 8×8 pan
mix sweetened condensed milk with lemon juice
bake layer of dough
remove dough and pour milk over, then crumble remaining cookie dough mixture on top
Bake until golden brown. Cool and cut into squares. Lastly, enjoy every single delectable crumb!
I use this sugar cookie mix.
In addition to this recipe, you may like
- Skinny Cake Batter No Churn Ice Cream
- Pretzel Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Lemon Bars
- White Chocolate Strawberry Truffle Bark
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on the products used.
Lemon Cream Bars
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter room temp
- 1 package Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix
- 1 large eggs
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 lemon juice 1/4 cup
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray 8×8 baking dish with non-cook spray.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cookie mix, butter and egg. Mix until crumbly.
- Press half the sugar cookie mix in bottom of dish. Bake 15 minutes.
- While that mixture is baking, mix sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice.
- Carefully, pour milk mixture over crust. Crumble remaining cookie mixture on top.
- Bake about 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Refrigerate at least 30 minutes before cutting into squares.
- Store in refrigerator.
- *You could also use oatmeal cookie mix or chocolate chip cookie dough mix and omit the lemon zest and juice.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Wow! These look divine.
Thank you so much for linking up to Tasty Thursdays last week. I'm going to have to pin this for future treats. Hope to see you again this week!!
Nichi – The Mandatory Mooch
Can't wait to try this, it looks SO good! I featured you today at Sunday Round Up! http://www.kaylascreationsblog.com/2012/07/sunday-round-up-19.html Have a great weekend!
-kayla 🙂
These look great! Thank you for sharing on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you'll join us again this week with some more great ideas!
-Mackenzie
http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com
Lemon is my favorite!! I'd love to have you link this up to Tasty Thursdays on The Mandatory Mooch. It's a new linky party starting today. Hope to see you there. Thanks, Nichi
http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/07/tasty-thursdays-1.html
They were too good, I ate almost the whole batch by myself. ugh 😉
Thank you so much and thanks for the feature. I grabbed a button. Been loving your blog!
I love lemon bars. These look delicious! Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites. I'm featuring you this week. Come by and grab my featured button if you'd like one!
Nothing quiet like lemon cake in the summer. Thanks for sharing your recipe on foodie friday.
Thanks. I love it too. I actually did 3 for a very long time. It took a while to get to 8. Anything is good, keep at it!
These sound awesome! I love sweetened condensed milk…but the calories 😛 The fact that you ran 8 miles is pretty awesome too….I can barely get 3!