easy crescent dough lemon bars

Name: Easy Crescent Dough Lemon Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 can(s) refrigerated crescent rolls; 1 stick(s) butter, softened; 1 jar(s) lemon curd - or jam of your choice; 2 - lemons; 1 cup(s) powdered sugar

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Amber Moon

Southern, AZ

Updated on Mar 13, 2020

Super simple and a hit. My mom now requires me to make these for her birthday while the kids ask for them all the time. The butter, lemon curd, juice, and sugar can all be tweaked to your liking. Use more butter if you want a richer baked good or less if you want it more bread-like. I have used a half-pound of butter before... very rich! You can also use Nutella, jams, other curds, types of butters, add cream cheese alone or together, etc. as fillings.

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A dish of Easy Crescent Dough Lemon Bars ready to be sliced.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This is a really lemony treat you can enjoy for breakfast, afternoon tea, or as a midnight snack. It's super easy to whip up! You probably have the ingredients in your pantry and fridge. We loved the creamy lemon curd filling. And, the crunchy sugar topping is perfect!

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 15 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 10-12 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls
1 stick butter, softened
1 jar lemon curd - or jam of your choice
2 - lemons
1 cup powdered sugar

How To Make easy crescent dough lemon bars

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Butter bottom of 13x9 baking pan. Use 1/2 of the stick to put small pats of butter all over the bottom of the pan.

Step 2

Unroll dough. Lay in the bottom of pan. Press dough down corner to corner.
Step 3

Spread lemon curd evenly all over the dough.
Step 4

Lay out the second can of dough on top of the curd. Perforated dough edges do not need to be sealed. Then add the rest of the butter in small pats to top of this layer of dough. Squeeze the juice of 1 to 2 lemons; depending on amount of juice and size of each one all over the top layer of dough. This will create little pools of lemon juice.
Step 5

Dust powdered sugar heavily all over the top, paying close attention to the pools of lemon juice. Keep adding the sugar until the lemon juice does not easily absorb any more sugar. You may only need 1/4 cup of sugar to do this or more.
Step 6

Bake in oven for about 30 minutes until toasty brown on edges. Oven times may slightly vary.
Step 7

Let cool, slice. Goes great with coffee, great for dessert or a breakfast/brunch treat.
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