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Chef John's Lemon Bars

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Chef John's Lemon Bars

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Chef John's Lemon Bars

Prep:20minCook:50min

These shortbread crust lemon bars are Chef John's recipe for intensely flavored custard atop a crisp, sweet, buttery cookie layer reminiscent of pie.

Updated at: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 03:21:07 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

69

High

Glycemic Load

15

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories151.1 kcal (8%)

Total Fat6.5 g (9%)

Carbs21.7 g (8%)

Sugars14.7 g (16%)

Protein1.9 g (4%)

Sodium46.9 mg (2%)

Fiber0.3 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

16 servings

1 cupall purpose flour

½ cupunsalted butter

at room temperature

¼ cupconfectioners' sugar

¼ teaspoonvanilla extract

¼ teaspoonsalt

1 cupwhite sugar

2 tablespoonsall-purpose flour

¼ cupfreshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tablespoonlemon zest

1 teaspoonconfectioners'sugar

Instructions

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Notes

4 liked

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Delicious

Easy

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Special occasion

Crispy

Michele Harper· last month

Instead of vanilla in the shortbread I put it in the custard and I put lemon extract in the shortbread. Cooked exactly 22 and 25 minutes. 8x8 metal pan.

Tiffany Kerbo· last year

Special occasion

Very easy to make. Wonderful lemony flavor.

ROBERTA RANSOME· 2 years ago

Made in an oval pan. Still delicious. I'm not usually successful with baking, but these are easy to make. Directions are simple, and they turned out great on my first try.

Made in an oval pan. Still delicious. I'm not usually successful with baking, but these are easy to make. Directions are simple, and they turned out great on my first try.

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