Easy Lemon Cream Cheese Bars Recipe
Easy Lemon Cream Cheese Bars RecipeHow to Make The Best Lemon BarsGet the Recipe
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These bars are actually a twist on my super popular Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars. If you’ve never made those, you need to try those next!
How to Make The Best Lemon Bars
You’re going to need a few lemons. Or limes. You could totally use limes.
I know some of you will want to skip using fresh lemons in this recipe, but trust me, you need fresh. The flavor is so much brighter and zest is not optional! The filling is simple…it’s just cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and zest.
And I use a major shortcut in this recipe with crescent roll dough! They make it in full sheets, which is easier, but if you can only find the rolls, just pinch the seams together! Just place a layer of dough in the bottom of the pan, top it with the cream cheese filling and then place another layer of dough on top!
Then you’re going to need to pour a little butter on top. It’s necessary. You’ll have a little zest and a little granulated sugar leftover. Make some lemon sugar by mixing them together…
And sprinkle that on top of the melted butter!
Oh YES! Bake them until they are golden brown and then things get tough. You will have to cool the bars completely and then chill them. AHHH I KNOW! IT’S SO HARD! But worth it. Totally worth it.
The cool, citrus-y cream cheese filling and the buttery, sweet crescent roll dough is an amazing combination! Share these with your favorite lemon lover! Recipe adapted from my Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
