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Lemon Bars that hit different | The Full Scoop
These Lemon Bars, made with just 6 main ingredients, are nothing like the uninspiring ones you might have had before. Smooth, ultra-lemony curd + crisp browned-butter crust = the ultimate expression of lemon. With this simple recipe and year-round lemon availability, you can enjoy a bright, sunny treat whenever you want.
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“The Full Scoop”
The unabridged video recipe, packed with info. We go through each step in detail and I explain the "why" behind everything we do. Included: candid moments, unexpected outcomes, and any mistakes or mishaps. Baking and cooking often don't go perfectly, but it's in fixing mistakes where we actually learn the most. I don't try to edit "The Full Scoop" to fit under a certain runtime. It's for those who love a deep dive.
“The Field Guide”
The quick-reference companion edition. It's the same recipe, condensed to focus on the essential steps and key points. It's designed to be an easy-to-follow guide for while you're cooking. Consider "The Field Guide" an enhanced version of the written recipe, with visual cues and reminders for each step. Once you've absorbed the details by watching "The Full Scoop", or if you're just looking for a concise, no-frills recipe, "The Field Guide" is the reference you'll return to time and time again.
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# Lemon Bar Recipe
## Ingredients
### Crust
- 140g (10 Tbsp) unsalted butter
- 175g (1-1/4 cup) all-purpose flour
- 50g (1/4 cup) sugar
- 5g (1-1/2 tsp) kosher salt (sub: 3/4 tsp fine sea salt OR table salt)
- 1 tbsp (15mL) water
### Filling
- 300g (1-1/2 cups) sugar
- 54g (6 Tbsp) all purpose flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1/16 tsp ground turmeric (optional)
- 1/2 tsp citric acid (optional, sub: 1-1/2 tsp cream of tartar)
- 3 large eggs (~50g each w/o shell)
- 3 egg yolks (~20g each)
- ~17g (~2 Tbsp packed) lemon zest (zest the lemons needed for 200mL juice)
- 200mL (200g) lemon juice (about 3-4 lemons)
- 84g (6 Tbsp) unsalted butter
### Garnish
- Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)
## Instructions
### Prep
1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F (175°C) with the rack in the middle position.
2. Line a 9” x 9” baking pan (can be metal, glass, or ceramic) with parchment paper.
### Crust
3. Measure out all crust ingredients and have them ready.
4. Make Browned Butter:
- Melt butter in a medium stainless steel pan over medium heat.
- Butter will foam, bubble, and crackle. Stir occasionally, then constantly as sounds die down.
- Light sediment will appear. Scrape pan to prevent sticking and burning. Reduce heat to low.
- Stir until sediment turns rich brown and butter smells nutty. Turn off heat.
5. Add salt and sugar, stirring to incorporate. Mix in flour until well combined and no dry flour remains. The mixture will be clumpy and sandy.
6. Add water and stir thoroughly for a homogenous dough.
7. Transfer dough to pan. Press into an even layer with hands or bottom of a cup. Prick all over with a fork.
8. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until evenly golden with slightly browned edges.
### Filling
9. Wipe pan used for crust to remove excess debris. Add all filling ingredients except lemon juice and butter. Stir to combine.
10. Add lemon juice and stir until evenly mixed.
11. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring and scraping constantly. When filling begins to thicken, reduce heat to low. Cook until filling reaches 160-165°F (70-75°C), is slightly thickened, and coats spoon. Texture should be halfway between melted ice cream and shampoo.
12. Remove from heat. Add butter, stir to melt and combine.
13. Strain filling onto baked crust. Tilt pan to spread evenly.
14. Bake for 7-15 minutes, until the filling is set with slightly puffed edges. The filling should barely jiggle when the pan is shaken.
### Cool & Serve:
15. Allow the bars to cool completely at room temperature for at least 1.5 hours. If ambient temperature is very warm, chill the bars in the fridge, uncovered.
16. Lift cooled bars from pan. Cut with sharp knife, wiping blade between cuts with a damp towel. Trim 1/4" (0.5 cm) from all sides. Cut into desired size (I like 4x4 for 16 pieces).
17. Optional: Dust with powdered sugar. Serve immediately.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:15 Prep
01:41 Start Crust
03:06 Crust Ingredients
03:32 Brown Butter
05:06 Make / Bake Crust
07:05 Start Filling
08:23 Optional Ingredient #1
08:57 Optional Ingredient #2
09:06 Check Crust Progress
09:20 Optional Ingredient #2, continued
10:49 Check Crust Progress
11:08 Continue Filling
12:27 Crust Done Baking
12:42 Continue Filling
15:42 Cook Filling
18:56 Assemble & Bake
19:56 Clean up
21:00 Check Filling Progress & Interlude
22:30 Filling Done Baking
23:32 Final Assembly
24:04 Cooled Bars Reveal + Fix Condensation
25:03 Cut and Finish Bars
26:31 Tasting
27:07 Outro + Final Thoughts
28:47 Outtakes
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Komentáře

  • @TaylorAimed4U
    @TaylorAimed4U Před 11 minutami

    Just made this - incredible, the best base ive made so far

  • @BalanceEnergy888
    @BalanceEnergy888 Před hodinou

    Thank you. I needed this recipe. Now I can kick the Orowheat brand to the curb. 🌺❤️🙏🏽

  • @askemtellem
    @askemtellem Před hodinou

    could i use plant based butter due to being lactose intolerant. the look so good

  • @prachinavale9100
    @prachinavale9100 Před 4 hodinami

    The way you explained, I subscribe to you

  • @cynthiabrown11
    @cynthiabrown11 Před 5 hodinami

    thank you for all your time and work to do these comparisons. I've also had trouble from time to time with the gelatin method and have since been using instant pudding. I appreciate your trials and from that will probably use the marcapone method for a cake filling. That sounds lovely. thank you again :))

  • @samanthahines528
    @samanthahines528 Před 6 hodinami

    Made these lemon barsa few weeks ago; have to say great advice on the brown butter, adding the citric acid and patience with cooking of the curd. All of these techniques work and made the lemon bars taste amazing and texture beautiful. One last thing the bars are were even more delicious the next day.

  • @julijanamitchell6917
    @julijanamitchell6917 Před 7 hodinami

    This recipe has been on my radar to make for a while and today I finally made it. I so greatly appreciate all the detailed instructions and tips, as they’re definitely skills I’ll be able to take with me into other dishes! As a fellow vancouverite and a southeast european, I have some notes to make for anyone else who lives outside north america since ingredients available in canada are often far more bland than elsewhere: >the eggs available in the supermarket here are a far deeper colour, so turmeric is unneccesary (but it won’t hurt in any case) (actually my lemon bar looks more orange than yellow ngl) >mediterranean lemons are so much more sour than californian lemons; eating these bars I’m teetering very carefully between enjoyment and puckering up from the sourness. If I’d added citric acid or cream of tartare, this would plummet into quite the torturous experience, so definitely get to know your lemons before opting for more acidity. >europeans, if you have good local butter, use that. If not, german butter works phenomenally for browning and baking in general I have no notes to add for the crust, this is one of the best crusts I’ve ever tasted and is going straight into the family recipe book 🙏🏻

  • @elizabeth-sh4ji
    @elizabeth-sh4ji Před 8 hodinami

    not too sweet - i totally agree

  • @avocadoos9493
    @avocadoos9493 Před 9 hodinami

    Wow, they turned out really well, i'm very happy, next time i'm going to put even more potato in there

  • @kevinroark5815
    @kevinroark5815 Před 9 hodinami

    So basically the potato mash is the substitute for 'Tangzhong' is that right, chef?

  • @cdtimmin
    @cdtimmin Před 10 hodinami

    I just made this recipe. It is delicious!! I failed at my first attempt bc i used the wrong pan and my curd cooked too fast and i forgot the butter! He even warned against it. Anyhow, second time was perfect. Def a keeper.

  • @lavvaniasathasivam4742
    @lavvaniasathasivam4742 Před 14 hodinami

    This is my first video of you, i am not yet attracted to your recipe.. but,i am attracted to your voice, its soothing ❤❤❤

  • @arianneperalta2445
    @arianneperalta2445 Před 16 hodinami

    I love it sir thank you for sharing I ll try it

  • @Indyas-kitchen
    @Indyas-kitchen Před 17 hodinami

    Sheldo…….most enjoyable, relaxing cooking conversation I’ve watched in a long time! Congratulations….love the science you blend into your cooking as well. I am just about to embark on your lemon bar recipe….will let you know how I go. Can you please post the lemon meringue variation for the lemon bars. Thanks…..wishing you heaps of success with your channel 😊 Indya x

  • @shellyrocks211
    @shellyrocks211 Před 22 hodinami

    Looks amazing!! 😂 I melted my olive oil spray bottle on the stove just like your scale.. it doesn't pump anymore 😢

  • @sausanacademy
    @sausanacademy Před dnem

    I'll take the edges......

  • @judyharhar
    @judyharhar Před dnem

    Love that you used the term “mango cheeks” 😊

  • @ntnt6966
    @ntnt6966 Před dnem

    Thank you Thank you Thank you

  • @WailNozarashi
    @WailNozarashi Před dnem

    Is it mandatory to brown the butter?

  • @lorrainegunn4111
    @lorrainegunn4111 Před dnem

    Would this delicious looking crust be a good one to use for "BUTTER TART" BARS/SQUARES also, or do you think this crust would be too sweet ? I enjoyed your presentation of this bar recipe; and love the "firmness" of the crust, (so many recipes for Lemon Bars end up very crumbly), cannot wait to get more eggs, so that I can make these.

  • @mamatarajbanshi2k80

    thanks yr😂❤

  • @normapiedrasanta3063

    Thank you Sheldon for the full written recipe ❤😊

  • @leenicole995
    @leenicole995 Před dnem

    Hey Sheldo, greetings from M‘sia. Welcome back and we do miss your posting of videos. Super Awesome step by step and detailed Lemon bars recipe…..in gram too. 🤭 Would really appreciate if you can make a video on how to pasturize egg white and to safely make meringue for consumption, mainly for small children and elderly. Thanks and and see you soon 😊

  • @tamatharedmond625
    @tamatharedmond625 Před dnem

    This was a fantastic test! Thank you so much. I was getting befuddled with all the different recipes I was finding. This cleared it up so much! 👍

  • @livie777
    @livie777 Před dnem

    my crust mixture is more like warm batter than dough ...? help?

    • @livie777
      @livie777 Před dnem

      nvm realised the logical step here is add more flour

  • @Electricspaghetti369

    its nice to see another husky fella get excited over food, cheers!

  • @kathythai
    @kathythai Před 2 dny

    Your straight-forward recipe turned out perfectly on the first try! I only had coconut cream so I added 1/2 cup of water to the can and added that to the pot, then a splash of water for the sauce. My mum makes great sticky rice the traditional way and was so impressed she's even talking about it the next day. She said it tastes just like it does at Thai restaurants and would be great with other toppings as well. So happy to have this in my recipe rotation, thank you so much!!!!

  • @meg7578
    @meg7578 Před 2 dny

    There’s a Japanese word “teinei” that I always think about when watching your videos. It directly translates to “polite” but it goes beyond that.. anticipating what someone might need without asking, acting humbly, being mindful . Thinking about your recipes for your basque cheesecakes with different measurements. ❤❤❤

  • @user-oh9fu5ci8f
    @user-oh9fu5ci8f Před 2 dny

    It worked out perfectly Sheldo! I'm so happy with the result and the way you make the crust it's definitely a top-notch twist. I wanted to know if you could teach us how to make a crust with almond flour, for example, to make it more keto.

  • @Swagg3r3d
    @Swagg3r3d Před 2 dny

    Need to try this recipe

  • @aj7058
    @aj7058 Před 2 dny

    Escape cake

  • @Alexlalpaca
    @Alexlalpaca Před 2 dny

    I made my friend this cake for his birthday once! Well, not this exact recipe, I just found this video. It was a big hit, I made it matcha+chocolate marbled flavoured. This is a very good recipe, I can confirm, but one little note: you can use ant kind of starch instead of flour and it comes out just fine. This might be useful if you're, for example, trying to make it gluten free. I used glutinous rice flour recipe for the texture it provides.

  • @prabhpreetkaur4850
    @prabhpreetkaur4850 Před 3 dny

    Thank you so much for sharing this recipe 🙏Can we make chiffon cake eggless? Please let me know. Thanks

  • @mandyyu4460
    @mandyyu4460 Před 4 dny

    Please come back more often Sheldo! You are the only CZcams chef that puts a grin on my face through the whole video 😊

  • @BonjourArianne
    @BonjourArianne Před 4 dny

    Hi Sheldon, just wanted to know if you can turn this chiffon into a chocolate chiffon ? If so how ? Hehehe TA !

  • @user-eq6sj9rj2z
    @user-eq6sj9rj2z Před 4 dny

    Love yummy, yummy.Good to the tell me

  • @irislopez7490
    @irislopez7490 Před 4 dny

    Esta receta realmente tienen que hacerla, me quedo increíble gracias por este delicioso postre

  • @irislopez7490
    @irislopez7490 Před 4 dny

    Que rico se ve ❤

  • @mariavelo4782
    @mariavelo4782 Před 5 dny

    Looking good Sheldo .It's look yummy thanks.😊😊😊.

  • @andreadavis2711
    @andreadavis2711 Před 5 dny

    I liked the way you explained your recipe. Will try ASAP!😊

  • @Irene-b91
    @Irene-b91 Před 5 dny

    This looks too good. Im saving this for when im ready. Im definitely subbing

  • @kirstenneville1934
    @kirstenneville1934 Před 5 dny

    Thank you so much for including different size cake pans. This is often the most difficult part when recipes are made for a pan size that’s not what I want to use. Keep it up!! Thank you!

  • @friedastrong4160
    @friedastrong4160 Před 5 dny

    Amazingly good!

  • @jamesthavasi5154
    @jamesthavasi5154 Před 5 dny

    super good Sheldo!

  • @farhatmajeed3417
    @farhatmajeed3417 Před 5 dny

    Thanks thanks thanks 🙏 lot of thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe😊

  • @carolynpan7309
    @carolynpan7309 Před 5 dny

    Amazing recipe!! Made it three times and got so many compliments every single time!! Love it so much!

  • @kathleenoleary7727
    @kathleenoleary7727 Před 5 dny

    Looking forward to trying this recipe!

  • @chrisstokoe3169
    @chrisstokoe3169 Před 5 dny

    Dude u are actually class and love how u got into ya child hud grandma so humble man u a good bloke world needs more nice people u know

  • @mariaquint9459
    @mariaquint9459 Před 5 dny

    I'm new in your channel. I like the structure with which you work. I'm definitely downloading and trying these as my sister keeps asking me to make them. I'm new at baking and found I love it but I'm pretty beginner and won't give up. Thank you for sharing your recipes.

  • @chrisstokoe3169
    @chrisstokoe3169 Před 5 dny

    Dude lemon meringue pie is my favourite food by a country mile so this so simple right up my street thanx a bunch never new it existed