Lemon Crumble Bars! – Jane’s Patisserie

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

Lemon bakes 

In the case of baking with lemon, you all understand it’s certainly one of my favorite issues on the earth and I’m fully and completely obsessed. I simply adore something lemon flavoured because it’s so recent, it’s by no means an excessive amount of, and it all the time tastes 10/10. 

Most just lately I shared my lemon curd muffins and my lemon blueberry tart and so they have each been endlessly fashionable which makes me so comfortable, as a result of I like them each simply as a lot as you all do, it seems. They’re each additionally bakes which are really easy to attain, and each bakes that led onto these stunning lemon crumble bars. 

Traybake recipes

In the case of traybakes, I feel we are able to 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 truly depend what number of traybake recipes I’ve truly revealed now as a result of it truly is simply too many. 

One in all 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 needed to merge all of them collectively to create a bake that will be much more fashionable – the lemon crumble bars. 

I feel traybakes are such an accessible bake for anybody of any ability degree, and so they all the time style scrumptious. There’s simplicity behind them, in addition to plenty of depth of flavour and magnificence as you may go wherever on the dimensions from brownies, to cookie bars, to crumble bars. 

Crumble bars 

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

• Oats – for this bake, I needed an oaty flavour to return by way of – 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 mild brown gentle sugar, however this may work nicely with different sugars equivalent to caster sugar, and even darkish brown gentle sugar. 
• Elevating brokers – this one could sound slightly odd, however belief me – you need the tiny raise 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’d keep away from any baking spreads of margarines as they’re too gentle 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 equivalent to my lemon bars, in addition to the lemon and blueberry tart. I needed to make the filling as easy and scrumptious as doable, and in addition a filling that units tremendous nicely 

• Condensed milk – I’d 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 recent lemons so I exploit the juice of three medium/giant sized lemons. In case your lemons are smaller, use 4 
• Lemon zest – Similar as above, I exploit 3 medium/giant sized lemons, 4 smaller ones is greatest 

These three components are blended collectively in a bowl till mixed – the feel make look slightly bizarre at first, however the lemon juice and zest will ultimately 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 wish 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 high 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. 

Suggestions & Methods 

• 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 mild brown gentle 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, mild brown gentle 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 giant 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 exquisite.

• Go away the bars to chill totally earlier than portioning. Refrigerating them can generally 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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