Lemon Bars with a twist
I love lemon… Savory lemon (hmm think i need to make a good lemon chicken one day!) and especially sweet lemon, so when i came across this recipe i almost died – and when i baked them i ate ALL of them and i swear i was in heaven… Now i decided over easter to mix it up a bit and slightly alter the recipe and while it wasnt as good, it was still very very yummy!
This one is more like a lemon cheesecake flavor (my husband likes cheesecake) I have two variations of biscuit base depending on your likes for biscuits – one is a shortbread like base and the other more like a cheesecake biscuit base.
Stuff you’ll need
Base Option One (Shortbread)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 3/4 cup plain flour
- 2/3 cup pure icing sugar
Base Option Two (Butter Biscuit)
- 1.5 – 2 packets of Butternut Snap Biscuits (or any plain biscuit flavor you like)
- 140grm butter (softened)
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup pure icing sugar
Topping
- 4 egg yolks
- 4 eggs
- 375grm can condensed milk
- 1 cup lemon juice
- lemon zest (use the zest from all the lemons used for the juice)
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1tsp baking powder
How i did it
Biscuit base – option one:: Sift flour and sugar into a large bowl and rub in butter until it becomes a soft dough, press into the bottom of a lined slice tin. Place in a preheated oven set to 180 deg Cel and bake for about 15 – 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool while you are making the topping.
Biscuit base – option two:: Place biscuits into a food processor and crumble into fine breadcrumbs. Place crumbed biscuits, sifted flour and sugar into a large bowl and rub in butter until it comes together. Press into the bottom of a lined slice tin. Place in a preheated oven set to 180 deg Cel and bake for about 10 – 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool while you are making the topping.
Filling:: Wisk yolks and eggs together with lemon zest, then add condensed milk and whisk together. Slowly alternate adding the lemon juice and sifted flour and baking soda, making sure that there are no lumps and that the mixture does not curdle. Pour over the chosen biscuit base and place back into the oven for about 20 minutes.
Sprinkle with icing sugar and enjoy….
