{"id":239862,"date":"2025-05-13T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/baking-category-a-b\/super-easy-lemon-bars-new-improved-with-only-5-simple-ingredients\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:07:50","slug":"super-easy-lemon-bars-new-improved-with-only-5-simple-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=239862","title":{"rendered":"Super Easy Lemon Bars. New & improved with only 5 simple ingredients!"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Super Easy Lemon Bars. New and improved, with a deeper lemon layer! With only 5 simple ingredients and an incredibly easy recipe. Bake these luscious lemon bars and anyone who tastes them will\u00a0 just rave about them!<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Super Easy Lemon Bars<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Great lemon bars are an absolute baking classic. Over the last 10 years this recipe has been one of the most used and raved about cookie recipes on this blog.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since we have over 200 Cookie recipes, on site, that is a very substantial endorsement indeed.<\/p>\n

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These bars are very easy to cut too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Easy is the operative word in this recipe.\u00a0 They start with simple 3 ingredient crispy shortbread bottom, which couldn\u2019t be easier to put together and then press into the bottom of a baking pan. <\/span><\/p>\n

The simple whisked-together lemon custard top is also oh so easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The shortbread bottom stays crisp beneath the creamy lemon layer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

With only 5 simple ingredients, these lemon bars are sure to become a new stand by recipe in your house like it did in mine. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once you see how fast and easy it is to throw together a batch of these incredibly tangy and delicious lemon bars, you\u2019ll never waste another lemon again.<\/span><\/p>\n

2021 Lemon Bars Update (originally published March 2011.)<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Super Easy Lemon Bars, our original version is still very, very good.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Although, I find the original recipe to be excellent, I had a thought while recently making another batch. Can I make these with even more lemon punch?<\/p>\n

A lemon bar could never be too tangy for me, so I thought, why not a thicker lemon layer? I modified the recipe slightly to try it.<\/p>\n

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Super Easy Lemon Bars<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

All I did was simply increase the ingredients in the lemon layer by 50% to get even more of that silky lemon layer on top. It worked out very well indeed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I sampled more than a few myself and then sent the remainder to friends, who raved about them as well. They were just too good to keep to myself.<\/p>\n

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Super Easy Lemon Bars. A perfect teatime treat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The other tweak I tried was adding just a little baking powder to the shortbread bottom layer. With the extra weight of the topping, I wanted to be sure the shortbread base would not get soggy.<\/p>\n

It worked perfectly and is well worth trying when you make your next batch.<\/p>\n

\"How\"How<\/p>\n

How to zest a lemon, to maximize flavor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Simply\"Simply<\/p>\n

Simply whisk the lemon layer ingredients together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Add\"Add<\/p>\n

Add shortbread crumb mixture to pan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Lightly\"Lightly<\/p>\n

Lightly press the crumbs evenly into the pan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bake the bottom layer until golden brown at the edges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Love lemon recipes?<\/span><\/h4>\n

If you are a real lemon lover like me, I\u2019ve put together a countdown of our Top 50 Lemon Recipes<\/strong><\/a><\/span> from over a decade on Rock Recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Best Lemon Recipes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Like this lemon bars recipe?<\/span><\/h5>\n

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\n\t\t\t20 minutes<\/span> <\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t40 minutes<\/span> <\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t1 hour<\/span> <\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Super Easy Lemon Bars. New & improved with a deeper lemon layer. Using only 5 simple ingredients & a very quick preparation time, this is the easiest & best lemon bars recipe I’ve ever tried in almost 40 years of baking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ingredients<\/h3>\n

For the pastry base<\/h4>\n