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Lemon Bars with Sweet Vanilla Icing

Magical mood changers, these lemon bars feel like spring and will brighten up the kitchen for sure.
By Lizzy Wolff

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To make things feel a bit more like Spring, I like to bake with lemon. But this, what I’ve done here, is so much more than baking with lemon. These are bright and happy magical mood changers.

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Now, I like my sugar cookies a little softer, but if you want them more done than pictured, keep baking for an extra 3 minutes. You can always cut into them to check their doneness, too. You obviously want to do this before you frost them.

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Tart Lemon Bars with Sweet Vanilla Icing


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  • Author: Lizzy Wolff
  • Yield: 1 9x13 pan 1x

Description

Magical mood changers, these lemon bars feel like spring and will brighten up the kitchen for sure.


Ingredients

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For the bars

  • 3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks) softened to cool room temperature
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 powdered sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

For the buttercream

  • 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into small pieces
  • 3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 vanilla bean, scraped
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla bean extract
  • 1/4 cup milk

Instructions

For the bars

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for 1-2 minutes. Stir in the lemon zest, flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until combined.
  4. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking pan with coating spray. Press and/or spread the sugar cookie mixture gently into an even layer in the bottom of the pan.
  5. Bake fore 10-13 minutes. Do not over bake. The bars should not have any color and should be barely set.
  6. Let cool completely before frosting.

For the buttercream

  1. Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter until creamy.
  2. Slowly add confectioners sugar, beat to combine, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary.
  3. Add vanilla bean seeds and vanilla extract and beat to combine. Slowly add milk and continue beating on medium-low speed until smooth and creamy, about 5 minutes.
  • Category: Baking, Dessert

 

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