lemon bars (the lost recipe)

Name: Lemon Bars (the lost recipe)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter, softened; 1 cup(s) sugar; 2 cup(s) flour; 1 1/4 cup(s) oats, regular or quick; 1 can(s) 14 oz of sweetened condensed milk; - juice from 3 lemons; - orange zest, grated; - lemon zest, grated

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Linda Pospisil

sedalia, MO

Updated on Sep 9, 2013

I made these lemon bars for work and everyone loved them. So they were asking for the recipe. I went home and looked everywhere but could not find it. A few months later I found it in a drawer. That's why I call them the Lost recipe!!

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 35 Min

method Bake

yield 24 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 1/4 cups oats, regular or quick
1 can 14 oz of sweetened condensed milk
- juice from 3 lemons
- orange zest, grated
- lemon zest, grated

How To Make lemon bars (the lost recipe)

Step 1

Cream together butter and sugar. Add flour and oats. Mix till crumbly. Set aside.

Step 2

Stir juice, zest and milk together. Set aside.
Step 3

Butter 9 x 13 pan and press 2/3 of dough into pan. Pour and spread milk mixture over dough. Then sprinkle rest of dough evenly over milk mixture.
Step 4

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Tester will come out clean. Cool.. then enjoy!!
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