A few weeks ago I made lunch for my husband’s staff. I do this every few months for them and everyone enjoys it. I enjoy cooking it, and they all enjoy a home cooked meal that they did not have to make.
When I do this I usually take the opportunity to try a new dessert recipe.
I have a lemon bar recipe that I love, but Martha Stewart has a recipe for Cream Lemon Squares that I have wanted to make for quite some time. I knew by looking at the recipe that it was a richer and fancier version than my regular recipe.
I decided our office lunch would be a perfect time to try it.
This recipe was so good. I actually made two pans, the regular version I am posting today, and a gluten free version, which I will post on my allergy site soon.
I sent these to the office along with the meal and everyone enjoyed them. If you enjoy lemon as much as I do, then this is a recipe that you need to try.
Creamy Lemon Squares
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar, plus more for dusting
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 can (14-ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- ¾ cup fresh lemon juice (from 4 lemons)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line an 8 inch square pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides; butter paper. This makes the bars come out of the pan easier, but it is not necessary.
- Cream butter, confectioners’ sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add flour, and mix just until combined.
- Press dough into the bottom and ½ inch up sides of prepared pan. Prick all over bottom with a fork. Bake until lightly golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Whisk together egg yolks, condensed milk, and lemon juice. Pour over hot crust and bake until filling is set, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan.
- Cut into squares and dust with powdered sugar for serving.
- Enjoy!
This post linked to The Happy Housewife.
I love to cook and bake, and it is a good thing, because my family loves to eat. I live with my husband and three kids on 43 acres in Northeastern Oklahoma. Between homeschooling, helping in my husband’s dental office, working on our property, taking care of three dogs, and raising hogs as a side job/hobby, I am constantly on the go like most of you.
Those bars look so good! Almost custard-y. I’ll definitely have to try these. My lemon bars are more dense, and I bet these would make a welcome change.
I loooooove lemon bars. I am drooling!
Oh my! These are definitely a must make!
These look delicious! I love normal lemon bars, but creamy ones sound even better.
Beautiful! And I really love that plate! Is there a story behind it??
@tammy l, Oh I wish I had a nice story behind the plate, but I don’t. I found it recently on clearance for just a few dollars. I loved the look of it, since it looked “old”. I knew it would be perfect for photos, so I decided to buy it and I am glad I did. It is so pretty I love it.
These look delicious. Will be trying these. But any suggestions for using up the egg whites?
@Sarah Gray, When I have egg whites like this I usually add them to our scrambled eggs or omelets. Not just on their own, but mixed with whole eggs. Or you could make something like my macaroon cookie. I hope that helps. http://www.lynnskitchenadventures.com/2010/03/lemon-coconut-macaroons.html
These look so delicious. I love lemon bars. Beautiful photo, love the spots of powdered sugar placed so perfectly.
Oh my goodness, my mouth was watering as I was reading this! I can’t wait to try it.
Best wishes and happy Friday,
Natasha.
Lemon Bars are my favorites!!!! I hope I didn’t ruin my laptop by drooling on it!
Thanks for sharing!
Rachel
My daughter made these and they were fabulous.
Mimi
YUM!! I LOVE all things lemon and these look especially good
Blessings!
Gail
Those look great! We were just talking about making lemon bars today. I think we will ditch our old recipe and try these!
Toni
These sound wonderful and easy, but what are the baking temperatures?
@Lizajane, I am so sorry about that. The oven temperature should be 350 degrees and I fixed the post to include that. I hope you enjoy them!
YUM! Love lemon bars!!
Hi Lynn
I tried baking this lemon square but it had a lot of cracks/curdle. Is this because of the oven temperature? Should i reduce temperature to 160 C. Pls. advice.
I have never had that problem, so I am not sure, but reducing the oven temperature would be the first thing I would try. I hope it helps and I am sorry that you are having problems with the recipe.
Do you really need 3/4 C lemon juice? Compared to many other lemon square recipes, that just sounds like a lot of liquid.
Thanks. BTW – I love your Website. I use it all the time.
Yes, that is what gives it such a great lemon flavor.
I hope you enjoy them! Thanks for reading!