Easy Eatin' Lemon Bars

Submitted by skat5762

"These were brought into my work recently to celebrate a co-worker's birthday. Absolutely incredible! The baker was hunted down and made to hand out the recipe. ;) It came from her Pampered Chef cookbook, and the pan she used was one of their 'bar pans'. I'm sure a 13X.. or 15X.. could be substituted, but the baking time should probably be adjusted."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• Base and Topping

• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped

• Filling

• 1 (3 ounce) package lemon pudding mix (cook-type)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of

• Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 lemon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. For Base& Topping: Combine cake mix and butter, and blend thoroughly.
3. Add pecans and mix well.
4. Reserve 1 cup of the crumb mixture for topping.
5. Press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of pan.
6. Roll lightly with glass or pin to smooth out.
7. For Filling: Combine pudding mix and sweetened condensed milk, mixing until smooth.
8. Add lemon zest and juice to pudding mixture; mix well.
9. Pour filling over base and spread gently across.
10. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
11. Bake 25-28 minutes or until light golden brown.
12. Cool 10 minutes.
13. For Glaze: Juice lemon to yield 3-5 teaspoons of juice.
14. Combine powdered sugar and juice; drizzle over warm bars.
15. Cool an additional 20 minutes.
16. Cut into bars and serve.

Reviews

[Jen S]

I made these for my brothers birthday party, and he loved them!! He's a lemon lover, and I actually increased the lemon flavoring in the recipe.. They were so tangy and wonderful!This recipe is definitely a keeper!The icing definitely adds some zing to the bars. Great recipe!

 

[Shae2138]

Thanks for sharing this great recipe S'kat! I happened to have the Pampered Chef bar pan so followed instructions to a "T" and the bars came out perfect! Very, very quick and easy to put together and delicious result!! I especially enjoyed the flavor and texture of the nuts in this recipe. Just a note...Unless the prep time includes cooling time, it really only took me about 10 to 15 minutes to put this together. Thanks for posting this keeper! :)

 

[JPGR9497]

These are a winner! My family raved about these. I did not change a thing.

 

[Musical Joy]

Fantastic recipe. I couldn't believe how easy they were to make - you don't even have to cook the pudding! Very tangy. The whole family loved them. I used a standard 10 x 13 cake pan and had to increase the baking time to about 35 minutes, but they baked just perfectly. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Susan Dillard]

These lemon bars are GREAT! They are also very easy to prepare. I took them to a 4th of July barbecue yesterday and everyone loved them! Thanks for a great recipe, I will be fixing this one a lot in the future. I used the Pampered Chef bar pan and the filling covered it all perfectly.