Are you craving a sweet and tangy treat that's perfect for any occasion? Look no further than the delectable lemon frosted bars! These delightful bars combine a buttery shortbread crust with a smooth and creamy lemon filling, topped off with a luscious lemon frosting. Whether you're hosting a party, packing a lunch, or simply looking for a special dessert to enjoy at home, lemon frosted bars are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
GRANDMA'S FROSTED LEMON BARS
A cool pop of lemon frosting dresses up this dessert, and is the perfect topping for the chewy, tangy bar cookies.
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan.
- In medium bowl, mix butter, flour, and 1/4 cup powdered sugar with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture becomes crumb-like. Press evenly into bottom of pan.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until edges of crust begin to brown. DO NOT over bake.
- Meanwhile in medium bowl, beat all filling ingredients with electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth.
- Pour filling mixture over warm crust. Return pan to oven; bake for an additional 25 minutes or until filling is set.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- In small bowl, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Add remaining ingredients; beat on high speed until well blended. Spread frosting over filling.
- Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Serve chilled or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving
LEMON BARS I
Lemon bars on a shortbread base.
Provided by Sallie
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- To make Bottom Layer: Mix one cup flour and 1/4 cup confectioners sugar. Melt the butter and stir into flour mixture.
- Press flat and even into an 8x8 inch baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes.
- While baking, make the top layer: Mix 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and the baking powder.
- Beat eggs and add to mixture, stirring well. Add lemon juice and rind, mix again.
- Pour over bottom layer; Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Cool a little, cut into squares while warm; dust with confectioners sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 132.7 calories, Carbohydrate 24 g, Cholesterol 30.9 mg, Fat 3.6 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 44.7 mg, Sugar 16.9 g
LEMON BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
I won a baking contest at Purdue University with this recipe for lemon bars with cream cheese frosting. I think you'll love the dreamy topping. -Michael Hunter, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in lemon zest., Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until center is set and edges are golden brown. Cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and zest. Frost top and cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 243 calories, Fat 11g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 59mg cholesterol, Sodium 145mg sodium, Carbohydrate 34g carbohydrate (27g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.
ICED LEMON SHORTBREAD BARS
Buttery, rich shortbread bursts with a twist of lemon flavor.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 2h5m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 325°F (if using dark or nonstick pan, heat oven to 300°F). Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
- In large bowl, beat 3/4 cup powdered sugar, the granulated sugar and butter with electric mixer on low speed until combined. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Stir in 2 tablespoons lemon peel and 1/4 cup lemon juice. Stir in flour, cornstarch and salt. Press dough in pan with floured fingers.
- Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until top is light golden brown. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir all Lemon Icing ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Spread cooled bars with Lemon Icing; let stand 15 minutes or until set. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Carbohydrate 18 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Bar, Sodium 50 mg, Sugar 10 g, TransFat 0 g
THE BEST LEMON BARS
Tart, rich and perfection, all rolled into one! Wow your friends with this simple recipe. Hint: No Substitutions!
Provided by Patty Schenck
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup sugar. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden. In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1/4 cup flour. Whisk in the eggs and lemon juice. Pour over the baked crust.
- Bake for an additional 20 minutes in the preheated oven. The bars will firm up as they cool. For a festive tray, make another pan using limes instead of lemons and adding a drop of green food coloring to give a very pale green. After both pans have cooled, cut into uniform 2 inch squares and arrange in a checker board fashion.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 125.8 calories, Carbohydrate 17.8 g, Cholesterol 34.2 mg, Fat 5.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 44.4 mg, Sugar 11.2 g
LEMON-FROSTED SPICY FIG BARS
Spicy and cake-like bars with a yummy lemon frosting. These are kind of like Sicilian Fig Cookies, just in a different form; if you like the cookies, you'll like these too.
Provided by JamesDeansGirl
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 52m
Yield 36 bars
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, cream together the butter and brown sugar until creamy; scrape sides of bowl.
- Add the molasses, milk, and eggs; blend until smooth and well combined.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture until well blended, reducing the mixer speed to low for this addition.
- Gently stir in the figs and walnuts by hand.
- Spread the batter evenly into a greased 13x9" baking pan.
- Bake for 22-27 minutes, or until a toothpick tests out clean.
- Cool completely.
- FROSTING: Combine all the frosting ingredients, except the lemon juice, in a small bowl.
- Beat with an electric mixer on low speed, adding enough lemon juice to reach desired spreading consistency.
- Frost the cooled bars; sprinkle with additional grated lemon zest, if desired.
- Cut into bars.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 154.1, Fat 5.4, SaturatedFat 2.7, Cholesterol 22.2, Sodium 88.7, Carbohydrate 25.9, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 17.8, Protein 1.7
FROSTED GOOEY LEMON BARS RECIPE
They are my favorite lemon bar ever- I think it's the lemon frosting on top. If you are a lemon-lover like myself, you have to give these a try!
Provided by Camille Beckstrand
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine all of the ingredients for the cake layer in a mixing bowl. Press down in a 9x13-inch baking pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large bowl combine powdered sugar and butter.
- Add enough lemon juice to form the consistency of a thick frosting.
- Beat in cream cheese and yellow food coloring until smooth.
- Set aside 1 cup of frosting to spread on top after baking (be sure to not skip this step!).
- Add eggs to remaining frosting mixture and beat until fluffy.
- Spread on top of cake mix in the pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until barely golden brown.
- Let cool completely and then spread reserved frosting mixture on top and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 324 kcal, Carbohydrate 23 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 14 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 69 mg, Sodium 333 mg, Sugar 34 g, ServingSize 1 serving
LEMON FROSTED BARS
My family loves these bars. We like a lot of bottom crust. I doubled the original bottom crust recipe. If you think it's too thick you can half it.
Provided by Dorel
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 45m
Yield 36 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In mixing bowl combine corn flake crumbs, 2 cups flour, 2/3 cup brown sugar and butter, mix well.
- Press evenly into bottom of 13x9x2 inch pan.
- Bake at 275° for 10 minutes, remove from oven, set aside, increase oven temperature to 350°.
- In small bowl mix together 2 tablespoons flour and salt, set aside.
- In mixing bowl combine eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, coconut and vanilla, add flour-salt mixture and nuts, mix well, spread over baked crust.
- Return to oven and bake 20 minutes or until bars are lightly browned.
- While bars are baking make the icing, combine 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter and lemon juice, beat until smooth.
- After bars are baked and still warm frost them.
- Cool and cut into 36 bars.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160.4, Fat 7.4, SaturatedFat 3.9, Cholesterol 21.6, Sodium 91.9, Carbohydrate 22.4, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 15.1, Protein 2
Tips:
- Use fresh lemons. The fresher the lemons, the better the flavor of your bars will be.
- Zest your lemons before juicing them. This will help release the essential oils in the lemon peel, which will give your bars a brighter flavor.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing the batter will make your bars tough.
- Bake the bars until they are set but still slightly jiggly. If you overbake them, they will be dry.
- Let the bars cool completely before frosting them. This will help the frosting set properly.
- Serve the bars cold. This will help the frosting firm up and make the bars easier to eat.
Conclusion:
Lemon frosted bars are a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. They are a great way to use up extra lemons, and they are always a hit with a crowd. With a few simple tips, you can make sure that your lemon frosted bars turn out perfectly every time. So next time you are looking for a sweet and tangy treat, give this recipe a try.
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