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Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars

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Last Saturday was my 31st birthday, and it was also national lemon bar day!! Except that it wasn’t, and I just made that up. The lemon bar part, it was in fact my birthday.

I spend all kinds of time conversing with people (I almost used the word conversating there only to find out that it isn’t actually a word, and that means I have probably been embarrassing myself all the time, but it’s cool). Anyway, I chat with people about what exactly they’d like to see on the blog. Some people want healthy things, some people want all of the chocolate. A couple of weeks ago it was all about my son and his big day and his favorite ORANGE BROWNIES.

But, for my birthday I’m just a small town girl living in a lemon world. So I “conversated” with myself and came up with these lemon sugar cookie bars…..

Happy birthday to me! No, I didn’t actually talk to myself.



Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars

 Ingredients
Sugar cookie crust:

  • 1 Cup granulated sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 Cup butter at room temperature
  • 2 Cups all purpose flour

Lemon cheesecake:

  • 8 Ounces cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1/4 Cup lemon juice
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon zest divided
  • 1/2 Cup sugar

Instructions
For the bars:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Line an 8x8 or 9x9 inch square baking dish with foil and spray liberally with non stick cooking spray.
  • In bowl of stand mixer using paddle attachment, or large bowl with hand mixer, beat together the butter, sugar, and vanilla on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Turn mixer to low and slowly add the flour (1/2 cup at a time) and mix just until dough comes together.
  • Press half of the dough into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
  • Cool completely before filling.
  • Store remaining sugar cookie dough in a bowl in the refrigerator until ready to use.





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