Lemon Bars!
Easy five ingredient lemon bars - soft delicious buttery shortbread, smooth sharp lemon curd topping!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 100 g caster sugar
- 300 g plain flour
- 375 g caster sugar
- 50 g plain flour
- 6 medium eggs
- 225 ml lemon juice
- Zest of 5 lemons ((optional))
- 1-2 tbsp icing sugar ((optional))
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan, and line a 9x9inch deep square tin with parchment paper.
- 2
Cream together the sugar and butter in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment until smooth – mix in the flour until a dough is formed. It will be crumbly but the ingredients will be evenly dispersed!
- 3
Firmly press the mixture into the bottom of tin and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until pale golden on top! Towards the end of baking, make the lemon mixture!
- 4
Sift your flour into a large bowl, and add the sugar.
- 5
Whisk the two together until combined!
- 6
Add in your eggs, lemon juice and zest, and whisk until combined.
- 7
Once the shortbread is baked, remove from the oven and pour the lemon mixture over the top.
- 8
Return to the oven, and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the lemon mixture no longer wobbles!
- 9
Leave to cool at room tempearture for about 2 hours, and then put in the fridge for another 2 hours (or over night) to firm up.
- 10
If you want to, dust the top with icing sugar, and then cut up and enjoy!