Description
Lavender Lemon Bars feature a buttery shortbread crust and a tangy lemon filling gently flavored with homemade lavender sugar.
Ingredients
- Granulated sugar
- Culinary dried lavender
- Unsalted butter
- Lavender sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- All-purpose flour
- Large eggs
- Fresh lemon juice
- Lemon zest
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Grind dried lavender with sugar to make lavender sugar
- Preheat oven and line a 9×13-inch pan with foil
- Mix melted butter, lavender sugar, vanilla, salt, and flour
- Press crust mixture evenly into the pan
- Bake crust until lightly golden
- Whisk eggs, lemon juice, lavender sugar, and lemon zest
- Whisk in flour until smooth
- Pour filling over hot crust
- Reduce oven temperature and bake until center barely jiggles
- Cool completely, refrigerate, then slice and dust with powdered sugar
Notes
- Use only culinary lavender intended for baking
- Chill bars fully before slicing for clean cuts
- Store bars refrigerated in an airtight container for up to one week
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 25
- Sodium: 120
- Fat: 14
- Saturated Fat: 8
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 38
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 90