Meyer Lemon Bars

These homemade Meyer Lemon Bars have a vanilla and meyer lemon shortbread crust with a velvety smooth filling that’s bursting with bright meyer lemon flavor.

Course Desserts & Sweet Treats

Cuisine American

Keyword baking, citrus desserts, lemon bars, meyer lemons

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1 5

Servings servings

Calories 367

Author Laurie McNamara

Equipment

Cuisinart DLC-8SY Pro Custom 11-Cup Food Processor, White

Ingredients

FOR THE SHORTBREAD CRUST:

nonstick spray ghee, coconut or extra light olive oil spray
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar plus more for serving.
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1 meyer lemon zested
1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

FOR THE FILLING:

1½ cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
3 meyer lemons zested
1/8 teaspoon fine salt
1/2 cup meyer lemon juice
3 large eggs

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

MAKE THE SHORTBREAD CRUST:

Preheat your oven to 350°.
Line a 9x13 cake pan with foil (or use a glass pan - no foil) and spray with nonstick spray.
In a mixing bowl, measure and add the flour, sugar, salt and zest. Whisk to combine.
Add in the butter and vanilla. Use a pastry blender to blend the butter and vanilla into the dry ingredients.
Transfer the crumb mixture to the prepared pan and use your fingers to press it into the pan.
Bake on the middle rack of your preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes. Rotating the pan halfway through baking.

MAKE THE FILLING:

Meanwhile, in the bowl of your food processor fitted with the blade attachment, add the sugar, flour, salt, zest and juice. Blend for 30 seconds
Add in the eggs and blend for 15 seconds.
Once the crust has baked, reduce the oven temperature to 325°.
Pour the filling onto the hot crust and continue baking for 20 minutes. Rotating halfway through.
Remove and cool the bars completely in pan set on top of a wire rack.
Use the foil to remove from the bars from the pan, cut into 12 squares and dust with powdered sugar.

Notes

Nutrition Disclaimer: All information presented on this site is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information shared on SimplyScratch.com should only be used as a general guideline.

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