Lemon Crumble Bars
These lemon crumble bars are deliciously sweet and tart at the same time.
Ingredients
Crumble
- 2½ cups cake flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 180 g unsalted butter (melted)
Lemon Filling
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 2 egg yolks
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 2 tsp lemon zest
Instructions
Crumble
- Preheat oven to 180°C and grease and line a 9cm square baking pan.
- In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugars, baking powder and salt. Use either a spoon, spatula or whisk to combine the ingredients.
- Add melted butter and combine mixture until crumbs form.
- Reserve 1 cup of crumbs for the topping and use the rest to press into the bottom of the baking pan. Spread evenly with the back of a spoon.
- Blind bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the crust from the oven and set it aside.
Lemon Filling
- To a mixing bowl and the condensed milk, sour cream, egg yolks, lemon juice and zest.
- With an electric beater, mix until well combined.
- Pour mixture over the crust.
- Sprinkle the reserved crumbs on top and press gently.
- Bake for 20 minutes until golden.
- Allow to cool before slicing into bars.