Lemon Cream Cheese Bars
Lemon Cream Cheese Bars have a shortbread like crust and they're so satisfying! What sets these apart from the classic lemon bars is their luscious lemon filling that's velvety smooth, balanced with a touch of cream cheese! Make these easy Lemon Bars and the family will love them!
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- Crust Ingredients for this Lemon Cream Cheese Bars Recipe:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup 2 sticks, butter, cold and cubed
- Filling Ingredients for this Lemon Cream Cheese Bars Recipe:
- 1 brick 8 oz, cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup lemon juice
- 6 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- zest of one lemon
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper, making sure it comes up the sides. Spray with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- Add flour, sugar and 2 sticks of cubed butter to a food processor. Process for 10 seconds or until a fine crumbly texture has formed. Pour into prepared pan and use the back of spoon to press evenly into the pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Add cream cheese, sugars and flour to a mixer and beat well until combined. Add lemon juice, eggs, vanilla and lemon zest and beat until combined well.
- Pour on top of crust and bake for 50-55 minutes or until edges begin to brown and center is set. Cool for 1 hour in the pan and then refrigerate for 4 hours. Remove from refrigerator and remove from pan by lifting out the paper. Gently peel away paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar before cutting into bars.