Description
Delicious homemade lemon bars with a buttery crust and tangy lemon filling.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup softened salted butter
- 1 box (15 ounces) lemon cake mix
- 22 ounces can of lemon pie filling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Butter a 9×13-inch baking pan and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the butter and cake mix. The mixture should be grainy. Put ½ cup of the mixture on the side.
- Pour the rest of the mixture into the prepared baking pan. Spread the mixture evenly with the back of a measuring cup or fork.
- Bake for 5 minutes.
- Add the lemon pie filling to the hot crust. Spread the pie filling evenly.
- Finally, sprinkle the reserved butter/cake mix mixture on the uncooked bars.
- Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven. The lemon bars should be firm and lightly golden.
- Once the bars are cooked, let them cool completely.
- Serve and Enjoy!
Notes
- The parchment paper is not essential but it will make it easier to remove the bars.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg