Lemon Crumb Bars – i’m baker

Lemon Crumb Bars are dessert bars stuffed with lemon filling and taste in between two layers of an oatmeal crust. They’re one of many BEST lemon desserts I’ve ever had! In case you love lemon desserts, you’ll want to additionally attempt my Lemon Bars and Lemon Brownies!

Lemon Crumb Bars

When life provides you lemons, make these Lemon Crumb Bars! They begin with the oat crust from my Apple Cream Cheese Bars (with out the cinnamon). After which the oatmeal layers are separated by a lemon filling which you could style in each chunk. There’s a unbelievable fusion of texture and taste in these bars… they’re not like every other lemon dessert on my web site!

Bars Elements

There are two components to this recipe–the oatmeal layers and the lemon filling.

Oats: Use quick-cooking oats. Fast oats are extra processed than old style oats, which permits the oats to cook dinner quicker. 

Sweetened Condensed Milk: You’ll want to test the labels rigorously when shopping for sweetened condensed milk. Don’t use evaporated milk on this recipe.

Lemon Juice: Use freshly squeezed lemon juice from about 5 lemons for one of the best style. We examined this recipe utilizing bottled lemon juice, however there was a distinction in taste. I’ll get to that later.

Lemon Zest: For much more lemon taste in every chunk, add a teaspoon of lemon zest to the filling.

Making the Crust (And the Crumble Topping!)

The very first thing you’ll want to do is get the crust made; you’ll be baking that for 12-Quarter-hour and letting it cool a bit earlier than including the filling. To make the crust, mix the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and baking powder.

Pour the melted butter over the combination and blend collectively till crumbly, being cautious to not overmix!

That is vital – measure out 2 cups of the crust for use for the topping and set that apart. Pour the remaining crust right into a lined 9×9-inch baking dish. Press it firmly to the underside of the pan and bake for 12-Quarter-hour, or till it’s a golden brown. Set the crust apart as you make the filling.

The best way to Retailer Lemon Crumb Bars

Lemon Crumb Bars will be saved at room temperature in an hermetic container for as much as 2 days. In case you retailer them within the fridge, they’ll last as long as 5 days. You may freeze the bars for as much as 3 months. 

Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice vs. Bottled Lemon Juice

As I said earlier, we examined these bars two occasions–one time utilizing freshly squeezed lemon juice and the second time utilizing store-bought juice. When taste-tested aspect by aspect, the bars that have been made with freshly squeezed juice gained by a landslide. In fact, there may be at all times one odd one out, as they are saying, who most popular the bottled juice. 

If utilizing the bottled juice, you’ll discover extra of a synthetic lemon taste in comparison with freshly squeezed juice. Nonetheless, should you solely have bottled juice, the bars are nonetheless lemony and engaging.

Lemon Crumb Bars are dessert bars stuffed with lemon filling and taste in between two layers of an oatmeal crust.

Course:

Dessert, Snack

Key phrase:

Lemon Crumb Bars

Servings: 12

Energy: 368 kcal

Creator: Amanda Rettke–iambaker.web

Oat Crust

• 1
  cup
  (80g) quick-cooking oats
• 1½
  cups
  (375g) all-purpose flour
• 1
  cup
  (400g) brown sugar,
  packed
• ¼
  teaspoon
  baking soda
• ¼
  teaspoon
  baking powder
• ¾
  cup
  (1½ sticks or 170g) butter.
  melted

Lemon Filling

• 1
  can
  (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 2
  massive
  egg yolks
• ½
  cup
  (122g) freshly squeezed lemon juice,
  about 5 lemons
• 1
  teaspoon
  lemon zest
• ⅛
  teaspoon
  kosher salt

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9×9-inch pan with parchment paper.

Oat Crust

1. In a big bowl, mix oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. Pour melted butter over the combination and blend collectively till crumbly. Watch out to not overmix so will probably be crumbly for the highest later.

2. Measure out ½ of the combination (about 2 cups), and set it apart to order for topping.

3. Pour the remaining combination into the lined baking dish. Press firmly to the underside of the pan.

4. Bake 12-Quarter-hour, or till a golden brown. Put aside to chill barely when you make the lemon filling.

Lemon Filling

1. In a big bowl, add sweetened condensed milk, eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt. Combine till easy and creamy.

Meeting

1. Unfold lemon combination excessive of the baked oat combination.

2. Crumble the reserved oat combination excessive.

3. Bake 20-25 minutes or till edges are golden brown.

4. Let come to room temperature after which refrigerate 1 hour earlier than serving. (Finest loved at room temperature.)