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HOMEMADE CREAMY LEMON BARS
HOMEMADE CREAMY LEMON BARS
Healthy recipes offer you Homemade Easy Creamy Lemon Bars, we hope you like it
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Homemade Easy Creamy Lemon Bars
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- FOR THE CRUST:
- 1 CUP GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBS
- 4 TBSP SALTED BUTTER, MELTED
- FOR THE FILLING:
- 6 LARGE EGG YOLKS
- 3 TSP FRESHLY GRATED LEMON ZEST
- 1 1/3 CUPS FRESHLY SQUEEZED LEMON JUICE (ABOUT 5- 6 BIG LEMONS)
- 2 CANS SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK
- FOR THE TOPPING:
- 1/2 CUP COLD HEAVY CREAM
- 1/4 CUP POWDERED SUGAR
Instructions
- FOR THE CRUST:
- PREHEAT OVEN TO 350F DEGREES. IN A FOOD PROCESSOR, PULSE TOGETHER THE GRAHAM CRACKERS AND BUTTER UNTIL THOROUGHLY COMBINED (IT SHOULD BE THE TEXTURE OF WET SAND.)
- PRESS THE CRUMB MIXTURE INTO THE BOTTOM OF A 11 X 7 BAKING PAN. NOTE: IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN 11″ X 7″ BAKING PAN, YOU CAN USE A 9″ X 9″ SQUARE BAKING DISH, THE BARS WILL JUST BE A LITTLE THICKER.
- BAKE THE CRUST FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN. LET COOL AND LEAVE OVEN ON.
- FOR THE FILLING:
- MIX EGG YOLKS AND LEMON ZEST WITH AN ELECTRIC MIXER UNTIL VERY THICK, ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
- SLOWLY ADD SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK IN A SLOW, STEADY STREAM, MIXING CONSTANTLY.
- ADD FRESH LEMON JUICE AND MIX UNTIL COMBINED. SPREAD FILLING EVENLY OVER CRUST AND BAKE AT 350F DEGREES UNTIL FILLING IS JUST SET (ABOUT 12- 15 MINUTES.)
- LET COOL COMPLETELY – THEN COVER AND REFRIGERATE FOR A MINIMUM OF 4 HOURS.
- FOR THE TOPPING:
- BEAT THE COLD HEAVY CREAM WITH POWDERED SUGAR UNTIL FLUFFY.
- SPREAD TOPPING EVENLY OVER THE LEMON BARS. DECORATE WITH LEMON ZEST, SLICES OF LEMON ETC. KEEP BARS REFRIGERATED.
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