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25 Irresistibly Good Cookie Bar Recipes

You don’t have to decide between cookies and brownies. Cookie bars are the perfect two-in-one dessert. Plus, they’re easy to make, easy to serve, and guaranteed to be a hit. Learn how to make decadent homemade cookie bars with these sweet recipe ideas. 01 of 25 The Best …
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@Azzura

For the shortbread. Typically most shortbread will do, this is just the version I ended up using here.

## Ingredients (Shortbread)

- 155g flour (I use a gluten-free blend)
- 30-50g of granulated sugar
- 15-25g of confectioners sugar (should be in a 1:2 ratio with granulated)
- 1.5 tsp freshly grated lemon zest
- 0.25-0.33 tsp salt
- 10 Tbsp butter (142g) or equivalent (should be cold)

## Preparation (Stage 1)

Use a 9x9 pan. I acquired a le crueset stoneware pan in this size years ago and used that for these batches. I do recommend putting some parchment paper down with length on two sides to make for easier removal later. I tend to butter/oil both sides of the paper to get everything sitting nicely.

### Step 1

- Preheat oven to 325.
- (Optional) Mix the zest and sugar in a small bowl and rub the zest into the sugar. This gets the oils everywhere. And I just like the ritualiatic touch
- In a food processor, combine the dry ingredients (including the zested sugar), and blend, then add the butter in small-ish chunks and pulse until the dough starts to stick to itself. If not using a food processor, then cut the butter into the mixed dry ingredients with a fork, or one of those slitted metal things (forget what they are called)

### Step 2

- Pour/GentlyDump the dough into the pan, and mostly flatten it down with hands. This helps add the finishing kneads to it as well.
- (Optional) using a fork or something, score the shortbread dough. In other words, poke a bunch of holes. Some people like to make tidy lines, and others are a bit more chaotic. I'll end up making silly patterns. The holes are so the carbon dioxide can vent, else it will bubble as it bakes and just take a bit longer.

### Step 3

- Put it in the oven to bake until the surface is a pale golden all over. 30-45min
- While that's going, make the lemon curd

## Ingredients (Lemon Curd)

- 4-7 lemons
- 165ish g sugar (sweeter batch was 200g, the base recipe was like 300+)
- 2 eggs + 3 egg yolks (ideally at room temperature)
- 1.5 tsp of cornstarch (can dissolve in ~1 Tbsp lemon juice for slurry)
- 4 Tbsp (57g) of butter (or equivalent) (at room temperature)
- 1/4 cup (59.1ml) of fruity olive oil

Note: You'll end up using 0.5-1 Tbsp fresh lemon zest and 3/4cup (~177.44ml) of lemon juice.

(Very Optional) Pre-step: Reduce the lemon juice from whatever excess you want to the target amount.

## Preparation (Stage 2)

### Step 1

- Whisk lemon juice, sugar, egg+extra yolks over medium heat in a saucepan with a big pinch of sea salt. Add the cornstarch slurry.
- Bring to a boil until thick. This is one of those tricky ones. A Goldilocks boil with a low margin of error. It should be boiling across the face of it, and it should not boil for longer than a minute. It should visibly thicken. I tend to be whisking almost continuously until it gets to this point and it doesn't take me very long.

### Step 2

- Once it hits that magic consistency, immediately take it off the heat and strain it into a bowl or large pyrex measuring thing (my strainer fits nicely over my 4 cup measuring thing so that's what I use)
- Whisk butter and olive oil into the strained goop. Add in the zest as well.

### Step 3

- When the shortbread is done, let it sit for maybe a minute or two. Then pour the curd over it, and pop it back into the oven for 10-15 or sometimes 20min until it's just set in the middle. Because of the olive oil it will be more jiggly than most people might expect when set.
- Allow it to cool completely to room temperature, then move into a fridge until cold. Sprinkle generously with sea salt and to preference with confectioners sugar or additional zest for serving.

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It has happened yet again.

I made some Lemon Bars and dropped some off to my neighbour. And it turns not only had she people coming over, but I'd given her exactly the right number.

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I made some lemon ‘bars’ tonight. My regular square pan is on loan. Great crust, but I over did I on lemon zest. 😅 🍋💛

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The bad thing about lemon bars is that they need to cool long before cutting into them. So I made these today for tomorrow's birthday dessert.

The family requested no dessert for the Saturday dinner, so they'll be missing these 😈

Recipe (gift link: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024410-lemon-bars?unlocked_article_code=9emK9YIJmsU4edfJS49TJCP1NDf-pGJb_cHwbDojeK97fWFwkiRHb0H_ATaT7O1ifaKs9MO-qwVaRcSH65Q4FNVJWpxVO77YA7HEJb0rRJi2n74BP5B5bpvX15E5qnbuJMXLkxMdfq7TGP7LdF16NNCGA8wRyN-UAt1iYyMAVRSSbq0NhDdzVfvLWH6tPS4J0P8748DrmGWRObRt_vPS38w2dxcAvDfLP_NKKD2nslZG5Bc5vv-O57hAAfgWS1L-sgI_YWI668tzimxVep1qF80Q0Pk-rODg9TqX-go-eo7eV-0yQp-Oll96_tDa6UM&smid=share-url) only modifications: added the zest of one lemon and only used 175 gr of sugar in the custard

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