The Lemon Cookie Bars with Lemon Butter Cream Frosting are a creamy cookie bar that are packed with lemon flavor, making them the perfect spring dessert.
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Lemon Cookie Bars with Lemon Butter Cream Frosting
When I think of lemons, I think of spring. And for most parts of the country, it can't come soon enough. However, the Lemon Cookie Bars with Lemon Butter Cream Frosting will help brighten your day, if even just for a short time.
Spring will be here before we know it. These easy lemon cookie bars are packed with lemon flavor, making them the perfect spring dessert.
Makes 9 cookie bars
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Lemon Cookie Ingredients
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Egg
- Butter, room temperature
- Cream cheese, room temperature
- Sugar
- Lemon juice, Lemon zest & Lemon extract
For the frosting:
- Butter, room temperature
- Milk
- Lemon juice
- Lemon extract
- Powdered sugar, sifted
- Yellow food coloring (optional)
- *For Exact amounts, please see recipe card below.
(optional)
How to Make the Best Lemon Dessert
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare an 8x8 baking pan
by greasing with nonstick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl
, whisk
together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until creamy and well combined.
Add the lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract. Beat
until combined.
Add the flour mixture and beat until smooth. Spread the batter into the prepared baking dish.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick
inserted in the center comes out clean.
To make the frosting, beat together the butter, milk, lemon juice, lemon extract and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy. Add food coloring
to tint icing if desired.
Allow the cookie bars to cool completely, then spread the frosting over the top of the cookie bars.
Cut
into 9 equal pieces before serving.
Serve with a nice cold glass
of milk!
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Dana Rodriguez
This sounds really good. Makes me think of warmer weather.
megan allen
I've never been a huge fan of lemon but this looks good! Thanks for sharing!
Dale Steele Nicolov
I have wanted to make a cake like dessert with cream cheese.This makes me hungry to try it!Thanks for sharing.
Melissa
These look great. I’ll definitely make them. One of the batter pics looks to have an egg in it but I don’t see an egg listed in the ingredients. Is that correct?
Mary
Oh my goodness. Yes, you are correct. I totally forgot to list the egg. I'm so sorry about that. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I have corrected it.