Lemon Crumble Bars! – Jane’s Patisserie

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Candy and zingy lemon crumble bars with an oat crumble base, lemon filling and oat crumble on prime – straightforward and scrumptious

Lemon bakes 

On the subject of baking with lemon, you all realize it’s certainly one of my favorite issues on this planet and I’m utterly and completely obsessed. I simply adore something lemon flavoured because it’s so contemporary, it’s by no means an excessive amount of, and it all the time tastes 10/10. 

Most not too long ago I shared my lemon curd muffins and my lemon blueberry tart they usually have each been endlessly common which makes me so pleased, as a result of I like them each simply as a lot as you all do, it seems. They’re each additionally bakes which might be really easy to realize, and each bakes that led onto these lovely lemon crumble bars. 

Traybake recipes

On the subject of traybakes, I feel we will all agree that I’ve smashed this part out of the park with the pure quantity of content material over the past 10 years. Truthfully, I can’t really rely what number of traybake recipes I’ve really revealed now as a result of it truly is simply too many. 

One in every of my hottest bakes of the newer years is my raspberry crumble bars, and after the success of those coupled with the success of the sooner talked about lemon bakes, I wished to merge all of them collectively to create a bake that might be much more common – the lemon crumble bars. 

I feel traybakes are such an accessible bake for anybody of any talent stage, they usually all the time style scrumptious. There may be simplicity behind them, in addition to a number of depth of flavour and elegance as you may go anyplace on the dimensions from brownies, to cookie bars, to crumble bars. 

Crumble bars 

So in the case of these crumble bars, it’s fairly easy:

  • Oats – for this bake, I wished an oaty flavour to return via – I all the time suggest utilizing rolled oats over porridge oats as they create a extra constant bake.
  • Flour – an apparent one, however plain flour is a should! Self elevating flour would create an odd texture 
  • Sugar – I made a decision to make use of gentle brown comfortable sugar, however this might work nicely with different sugars resembling caster sugar, and even darkish brown comfortable sugar. 
  • Elevating brokers – this one could sound a bit of odd, however belief me – you need the tiny elevate from the baking powder (however not as a lot as self elevating flour would produce)
  • Butter – I exploit unsalted butter as all the time, however a salted butter would work nicely additionally. I might keep away from any baking spreads of margarines as they’re too comfortable for the crumble combination. 

Lemon filling 

The lemon filling for these is a merge of some recipes which have been posted over the previous couple of years resembling my lemon bars, in addition to the lemon and blueberry tart. I wished to make the filling as easy and scrumptious as attainable, and likewise a filling that units tremendous nicely 

  • Condensed milk – I might say it’s essential to make use of the full-fat and full-sugar model of the condensed milk in order that the bake units nicely 
  • Lemon Juice – I exploit contemporary lemons so I exploit the juice of three medium/massive sized lemons. In case your lemons are smaller, use 4 
  • Lemon zest – Similar as above, I exploit 3 medium/massive sized lemons, 4 smaller ones is finest 

These three components are combined collectively in a bowl till mixed – the feel make look a bit of bizarre at first, however the lemon juice and zest will finally mix with the condensed milk and make a thickened substance. 

Meeting

These lemon crumble bars are tremendous straightforward to place collectively. I begin by rubbing collectively the crumble combination with my fingers in a big bowl till it resembles a barely moist sand like breadcrumb texture. I don’t use a meals processor for this as you don’t need to lose the feel of the oats. 

You tip 500g of this combination into the bottom of your lined 9×9″ sq. tin and press down good and firmly. After this you pour the lemon combination on prime after which sprinkle on the remainder of the oat combination and bake. It turns good and golden within the oven after which after baking and cooling, the lemon combination has set completely. 

Ideas & Tips 

  • These lemon crumble bars will final within the fridge or room temperature on a cool day for 5-7 days
  • These bars will freeze for 3+ months 
  • I like to recommend utilizing rolled oats over porridge oats
  • That is the 9″ sq. tin that I exploit on this recipe 
  • Discover the raspberry model on my weblog right here 

Crumble

  • 175 g rolled oats
  • 200 g plain flour
  • 150 g gentle brown comfortable sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 175 g unsalted butter (chilly and cubed)

Filling

  • 395 g condensed milk
  • Juice of 3 lemons
  • Zest of 3 lemons

Crumble

  • Preheat the oven to 200ºc/180ºfan and line a 9×9″ sq. tin with parchment paper.

  • In a big bowl, add the rolled oats, plain flour, gentle brown comfortable sugar, baking powder and unsalted butter.

  • Rub the components collectively along with your fingers till the combination resembles bread crumbs and there aren’t any massive lumps of butter left.

Filling

  •  In a brand new bowl, add the condensed milk, lemon juice and zest

  • Combine collectively till mixed 

Meeting

  • Pour 500g of the oaty crumble combine into the lined tin and press down firmly.

  • Pour the filling onto of the oats, and unfold.

  • Sprinkle over the remainder of the crumble combine

  • Bake within the oven for 30+ minutes, or till golden and delightful.

  • Go away the bars to chill absolutely earlier than portioning. Refrigerating them can typically make this simpler.

  • These lemon crumble bars will final within the fridge or room temperature on a cool day for 5-7 days
  • These bars will freeze for 3+ months 
  • I like to recommend utilizing rolled oats over porridge oats
  • That is the 9″ sq. tin that I exploit on this recipe 
  • Discover the raspberry model on my weblog right here 

ENJOY!

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