- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 2 servings
These easy lemon bars have the most delicious shortbread crust and a creamy, tart lemon topping. Making the crust with melted butter is much easier than softened butter, which is common in other recipes. Don’t skip chilling the crust before baking, it really helps keep the crust crisp and crunchy.
Ingredient:
- Shortbread Crust
- 12 tablespoons (170g) salted butter, melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- Lemon Topping
- 1 ½ cups (300g) granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons (25g) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 cup (180ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice, from 4 to 5 lemons
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar for sifting tops of bars
