Lemon Apricot Bars

Submitted by Hey Jude

"Lemon bars with the added yummyness of apricot preserves!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 24 bars

ingredients

• Crust

• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

• Filling

• 1⁄4 cup apricot preserves
• 4 eggs
• 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon, rind of
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• confectioners' sugar

directions

1. For the crust: mix flour and confectioners' sugar in a bowl; cut in the butter until crumbly.
2. Preheat oven to 350°.
3. Press the crumb mixture over the bottom of a 9x9-inch baking pan; bake for 30 minutes, let stand until cool.
4. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.
5. For the filling: spread the apricot preserves over the bottom of the crust.
6. Beat the eggs in a mixer bowl until blended; add sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel, flour, baking powder and salt; beat until blended.
7. Pour over the prepared layers; bake for 35 minutes; let stand until cool.
8. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar to taste; cut into bars.

Reviews

[Graciebonica]

These were really tasty! The family loved them. The lemon-apricot combination is one I had never thought of. I used a food processor to make the crust. My personal history with lemon bars is this: they look great, until I have to remove them from the pan. The 9-inch pan became a quest---I went to 8 stores here before I found one, and it was metal. I would have preferred glass. Anyway, I lined the pan with parchment paper, because the instructions on the pan said not to use metal utensils. Only the corners of the bars stuck a little, but I was able to get the whole thing out in one piece. I would recommend refrigerating the bars before cutting them.