Creamy Lemon Blueberry Bars!
My mouth is watering just thinking about them sitting in my refrigerator.
I didn't have any fresh blueberries so I used the ones I had frozen which worked just as well and I also substituted grapefruit zest for the lemon zest which worked wonderfully; I swear I could actually taste the grapefruit! Mmmmm....
Creamy Lemon Blueberry Bars~ (from Cookie Madness!)
Crust/Topping:1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 t. salt
1/2 t. baking soda
12 T. butter, cut into small pieces
Filling:1- 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
2 large egg yolks
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 t. lemon zest
2 cups blueberries
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13 in. pan.
2) Combine flour, oats, sugars, salt and baking soda in a bowl and
mix. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.3) Press about 2/3 of crumb mixture into the bottom of the pan and set aside the rest for the topping. Bake crust for 12 minutes
4) Meanwhile, whisk the condensed milk, lemon juice, lemon zest, and egg yolks together and let stand for 5 minutes.
5) Arrange blueberries evenly over baked crust and pour lemon mixture on top. Bake 7 to 8 minutes.
6) Sprinkle remaining crumb topping over the lemon layer and bake for 25 more minutes.
7) Let the bars cool on a wire cooling rack for an hour or until just warm. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill for at least 2 hours. Cut into bars and ENJOY!I know it says to wait until they're chilled, but I'm not so good at that whole waiting thing.... and so we ate them after we got back from rollerblading... and they were amazing!!! This recipe is my new hands down favorite!
My other project for the last half of this week has been our porch chairs. They had that itchy, red, wool fabric on them and this morning I replaced it with that soft, light green fabric I found at a thrift store for $1! I didn't do the best job, but I'm pretty proud of it considering I've never refinished a chair before! They're much nicer to sit on now!!!
~It's obvious which chair Misty likes better! ;)
Oh you amaze me every day! Well done, you industrious soul. You inspire me.
ReplyDeleteI saw Donna's facebook post. I was (am) a faithful Erik follower. Your recipes are amazing! I just read through your entire blog and will be signing up to follow it! Besides being a writer and a great cook, I think you should explore photography too! Fabulous food pictures worthy of any food magazine I've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to try this recipe for our Penn State tailgate party next weekend !!! Thanks so much! - sylvia
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Donna, Jeanette and Sylvia!
ReplyDeleteJeanette, I have always loved photography and am thankful that you appreciate my photos! You've made my day by being so encouraging!
Sylvia, I hope the bars are a hit at the tailgate party! Thanks for visiting!
mmm!!... more of my very favorite ingredients - blueberries, lemon juice and zest (or grapefruit in your case) and oats! this looks very good, thankyou. the chair looks like its a bit hit with Misty. it looks pretty too.
ReplyDeletebtw - i never receive any notifications of your updates and only discovered you had posted when i happened to check in on Donna's facebook - just wanted to see what she was up to since she hadn't posted on CB for a while - and saw the link to your blog. thanks Donna!
p.s. i hopped onto Cookie Madness so that i could copy the recipe (it allows you to copy) and found this advert on the site - the link to this recipe that you can use the 2 left over egg whites for. it is turkey (or chicken) meatballs.
ReplyDeletei was happy to find this, it was a good coincidence, as today i had intended to look for a chicken meatball recipe - i have some chicken mince in the freezer.
http://bakedbree.com/turkey-pesto-meatballs
Thank you for following my blog Lisa~ And I am thrilled that you comment... it makes my day!
ReplyDeleteYum that chicken meatball recipe sounds very good! They probably would taste really good in wedding soup!