These Gluten-Free lemon bars are easy to make and so delicious! You won't be able to stop at one bar.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Czech
Diet: Gluten Free
Keyword: gluten-free, lemon
Ingredients
Shortbread crust
2 cupsof Gluten-Free flour
2/3cupsof powdered sugar
1/2tspof salt
12tbspof unsalted buttercold
Lemon filling
3tbspof lemon zestfrom 3-4 lemons
2 1/2cupsof sugar
8largeeggs
1cupof fresh juice from lemons
1/2 cupGF Flour
Instructions
Heat oven to 350F and line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.
Shortbread crust
Add flour, sugar, salt, and soften or melted butter into your stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Mix till all combined and dough is created.
Add the dough into your lined pan and press down into a flat even layer. Bake at 350F for about 15 minutes or until a light golden color. Don't overbake it, as Gluten-Free dough would get very dry and crumbly very fast.
Lemon Topping
While the crust is baking add the sugar to a stand mixer with a paddle attachment and add the zest of three lemons. Let it slowly mix until the zest is fully incorporated and sugar is a light yellow color. The zest will let go of oils and aroma when spinning for awhile.
Add half a cup of Gluten-Free flour to your mixed sugar with lemon zest and mix well.
Whisk in the lemon juice and add the eggs then mix very well until completely combined
Pour the filling onto the warm crust, then transfer to the oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes, turning around halfway through the bake.
When done baking, allow cooling for an hour before chilling in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Longer the better.
When you are ready to serve your bars, Dust with powdered sugar and cut into using a clean, sharp, damp knife.