Description
Lavender Lemon Bars combine tangy fresh lemon juice with homemade lavender sugar in both the crust and filling for a bright, floral twist on classic lemon bars.
Ingredients
Scale
- 22.75 oz granulated sugar (3 1/4 cups)
- 2 tablespoons culinary dried lavender
- 8 oz unsalted butter, melted
- 3.5 oz lavender sugar (1/2 cup)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 9 oz all-purpose flour (2 cups)
- 8 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups fresh lemon juice
- 19.25 oz lavender sugar (2 3/4 cups)
- Zest of 2 lemons (about 2 tablespoons)
- 2.25 oz all-purpose flour (1/2 cup)
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Blend dried lavender with 1 cup of sugar, then mix with remaining sugar to make lavender sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a 9×13-inch pan with foil and spray with nonstick spray
- Whisk melted butter, lavender sugar, vanilla, and salt, then stir in flour until combined
- Press crust evenly into pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown
- Whisk eggs, lemon juice, lavender sugar, and lemon zest in a large bowl
- Sift flour into filling mixture and whisk until smooth
- Pour filling over hot crust, reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees Fahrenheit, and bake 25 to 30 minutes until center barely jiggles
- Cool to room temperature, refrigerate until fully chilled, then lift from pan and cut into bars
- Dust with powdered sugar before serving
Notes
- Use only culinary-grade dried lavender for baking
- Refrigerate completely before cutting for clean slices
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to one week
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 34
- Sodium: 105
- Fat: 14
- Saturated Fat: 8
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 44
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 95