Super Easy Lemon Bars. With only 5 simple ingredients and an incredibly easy recipe. Bake these luscious lemon bars and anyone who tastes them will  just rave about them!

Super Easy Lemon Bars

Great lemon bars are an absolute baking classic. When I came home from school yesterday I found the house filled with the scent of these easy-to-make yet simply irresistible cookie bars.

Easy is the operative word in this recipe.  They start with simple 3 ingredient crispy shortbread bottom. The simple whisked-together lemon custard top is also oh so easy. By the end of the day, the entire batch had disappeared.

Super Easy Lemon Bars

With only 5 simple ingredients, these lemon bars are sure to become a new stand by recipe in your house like it did in mine. Once you see how fast and easy it is to throw together a batch of these incredibly tangy and delicious lemon bars, you’ll never waste another lemon again.

Organic unwaxed lemons are always best for zesting.

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Super Easy Lemon Bars using only 5 simple ingredients

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Yield: 36 cookie bars

Super Easy Lemon Bars

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Using only 5 simple ingredients & a very quick preparation time, this is the easiest & best lemon bar recipe I've ever tried in almost 40 years of baking.

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Ingredients

For the pastry base

• 1 cup cold butter, cut in small pieces
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour

For the lemon layer

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 4 eggs
• zest of two lemons, very finely chopped
• juice of 2 lemons, about 2/3 to 3/4 cup juice

Instructions

To make the pastry base

1. Using a pastry cutter or in a food processor blend together the butter sugar and flour.
2. Press evenly into the bottom of a greased and parchment paper lined 9×13 inch baking pan.
3. Bake for 20 to minutes at 350 degrees F ( 325 degrees F if you are using glass bake-ware) The bottom should just be beginning to brown slightly at the top edges.

For the lemon topping

1. Simply whisk together the sugar flour, eggs, zest and lemon juice until the sugar is dissolved.
2. Allow the topping to sit for about 10 minutes before whisking together well again and pouring over the baked shortbread base.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for about another 20- 25 minutes or until the top is slightly browned and the custard appears to be set. Cool completely. Sprinkle with icing sugar when cool or try adding a meringue topping.

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

36

Serving Size

g
Amount Per Serving Calories 125Saturated Fat 3gCholesterol 31mgSodium 52mgCarbohydrates 17gSugar 11gProtein 1g