White Chocolate Lemon Bars

White chocolate chips mix with lemon juice and zest to give these bar cookies a deliciously different flavor combination.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 206 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• ⅓ cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• ¾ cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup white sugar, divided
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, divided

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Stir 1 cup flour and 1/4 cup sugar together in a bowl. Mash butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs; press into bottom of a 9-inch square baking dish.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven until crusty and golden brown, about 15 minutes.

Step 4

Sprinkle chocolate chips over the crust.

Step 5

Beat eggs, lemon juice, and lemon zest together until the eggs are beaten. Stir remaining 1/4 cup flour and 3/4 cup sugar into the egg mixture; pour over the chocolate chips and crust.

Step 6

Bake until set in the middle, about 15 minutes more. Cool slightly in baking dish set on a wire cooling rack. Sift confectioners' sugar over the bars and cool completely before cutting to serve.