Easy Lemon Bars Recipe: How To Make Lemon Bars

Easy Lemon Bars Recipe: How To Make Lemon Bars

Lemon squares are the stars of any dessert buffet. We wonder why they aren't at every party.  It may have something to do with making the traditional shortbread crust!  Michele McAdoo for the Kraft Kitchens shares a simplified recipe for creamy lemon squares that's almost as easy to make as they are to enjoy.

Ingredients:
20 Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 3/4 cup)
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup cold margarine
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 Tbsp. flour
3 Tbsp. lemon zest, divided
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder
2 tsp. powdered sugar

Prep Time: 25 min
Total Time: 3 hr 23 min
Servings: 16 servings

Instructions
Heat oven to 350ºF.
Line 8-inch square pan with foil. Mix wafer crumbs, 1/2 cup flour and brown sugar in medium bowl. Cut in margarine with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; press onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 15 min.

Beat Neufchatel and granulated sugar with mixer until well blended. Add eggs and 2 Tbsp. flour; mix well. Blend in 1 Tbsp. zest, juice and baking powder; pour over crust.
Bake 25 to 28 min. or until center is set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 2 hours. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and remaining zest before serving.

Tips
- Substitute 1 Tbsp. each lemon, lime and orange zest for the 3 Tbsp. lemon zest.
- For a softer crust, reduce the crust baking time from 15 min. to 5 min.
- You should get about 1 Tbsp. zest and 2 Tbsp. juice from 1 lemon.

[howdini]

@sthprkbutterslovers Thanks again for your great comment :)

[howdini]

@kivspage Thanks kivspage. We like seeing all the feedback! It helps us make better videos. :D

[gazelaverde]

actually i like this lady and i like how she smile at the camera....of course that is not a real kitchen bcz its hard to bring a good lighting and cameras in a real one...thats my opinion:)very dont think they advertise.

[monopolybestgameevar]

omg, that looks so good, and so much easier than my recipe

[applepyewithicecream]

This ones look so good! I'll try them, thanks for the video :D

[lovemovesme]

To rude people, you should be grateful that someone took the time to give us this recipe and great tips. Most probably is that you did not even try to make it.. Please save your negative comments for you. I am not interested in what you have to say at all and one more thing, use your time for something more useful and constructive.

[howdini]

@Eliballison It's a 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice. We've got the recipe in the description if you'd like to print it out :D

[NicoleSBL]

i want to try this out for mother's day! (:

[howdini]

We used 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice. Just wanted to point out that the entire recipe with the ingredient list is listed for you in the description bar below the video. Just click on the "show more" button and it will drop down for you. Hope that helps. :)

[aelise]

This could be on the food network channel. very professional indeed

[opalbuloni]

Michele McAdoo
l love your creamy lemon bars. their your favorite treats.

[krn]

Hi! I love lemon squares and this recipe looks great! I'm not sure if we have Nilla Wafers where I live. Is there any substitute for this? Thanks!

[Purpleducksrsexy]

Wow, im the 1st comment :P This recipe looks amazing :) yummy

[howdini]

They should be. They would be in the "cookie/cracker" isle in your local grocery store. Ask an employee if they can point them out to you. Thanks for watching~! :)

[falloutboy]

YUMM!(:
like pookie said below, how much juice and baking soda?
Is there any recipe, or place where this is listed?
thanks!(:

[howdini]

Oh that would be Great! Let us know how it turned out! Thanks for watching and commenting! :)

[howdini]

If you are doubling the recipe, yes you need to double all the ingredients.

[howdini]

You should be just fine if you follow the time suggested on the package. Once you get the hang of it, you will love it! ;)

[Bssmonkee]

love ur video, i just have a question, we dont exactly have nabisco fat nilla wafers from where I come from, however googling the image your wafers are similar to one of our commercially made cookies "Monde Eggnog cookies" wonder if i can use that instead...our wafers here are different, more like thin rectangular flaky things with multiple layers and filling in between

[winterkumaa]

Did you put the wafers in the crust or just left them?