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From scratch lemon bar recipe with strawberries.
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Lemon Bars with Strawberries

All natural lemon squares, with a layer of fresh strawberries, and a pretty glaze topping. An easy to bake from scratch lemon bar recipe.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword lemon bars
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 16 squares
Cost $10

Ingredients

Bottom Crust

  • ½ cup butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 fresh lemon
  • ¾ cup flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Strawberry Layer

  • cups chopped strawberries
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoons minute tapioca

Strawberry Glaze

  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • lemon juice enough to get thin consistency
  • 1 tsp strawberry jam Used for colour

Instructions

Bottom Layer

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.  Line a 8 inch square pan with parchment paper.
  • Cream together butter and sugar,
    Mixing sugar and butter for making strawberry lemon bars.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Squeeze the juice from the lemon into the egg and butter mixture.  Mix well.
  • In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt and lemon zest.
  • Mix until blended and spread into the parchment lined square pan.
    Lemon batter for making lemon bars with strawberries.

Add Strawberries

  • Wash and cut up strawberries into a small bowl.
  • Add sugar and minute tapioca, mix together until strawberries are coated.
  • Pour over existing batter.
  • Bake at 350F fir 30-40 minutes.

Lemon Glaze

  • Remove lemon squares from oven, and let cool slightly.
  • Mix together icing sugar and enough lemon juice to make a thin lemon glaze.  Add the strawberry jam for colour. Mix well.
    Lemon strawberry glaze in a bowl for pouring over lemon strawberry square recipe.
  • Pour the glaze over the lemon squares while still warm.