Easy Lemon Bars

5-Ingredient

key ingredients:

• Sugar • All Purpose Flour • Sugar • Lemon Juice • Lemon Zest

To make the crust stir together the flour, sugar, and salt.

1

Add cut-up butter to the bowl and use a pastry cutter to cut it all together until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.

2

Press the crumb mixture into the prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes.

3

Work through 3 lemons and get the zest. Then  squeeze the juice out of the three lemons.

4

To make the lemon topping, in a small bowl whisk together sugar and flour. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, lemon zest, and lemon juice.

5

Pour filling over the crust and bake for another 20 minutes or until the lemon topping is solidified.

6

To freeze: 

Simply place them in an airtight container or freezer bag. Seal and freeze for up to 3 months.

These came out delicious! Loved the thicker crust that balanced out the sweet citrus on top. I’ll be making these a lot!-Liz