Creamy lemon squares are a sweet-tart dessert with a buttery base and smooth lemon filling on top—kind of like a cross between lemon bars and cheesecake.
🍋 Creamy Lemon Squares
Ingredients
For the base:
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup butter (melted)
- ¼ cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
For the filling:
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2–3 tbsp flour or cornstarch
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- ½ cup cream cheese or condensed milk (for extra creaminess)
👩🍳 Method
- Prepare the base
- Mix flour, sugar, salt, and melted butter.
- Press into a lined baking tray.
- Bake at 180°C for 10–12 minutes until lightly golden.
- Make the filling
- Whisk eggs and sugar.
- Add lemon juice, zest, flour, and cream cheese/condensed milk.
- Mix until smooth.
- Bake again
- Pour filling over the warm base.
- Bake for 20–25 minutes until set (slightly wobbly in center is fine).
- Cool & chill
- Let it cool completely.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Serve
- Cut into squares.
- Dust with powdered sugar if you like.
🍰 Tips
- Fresh lemon juice = best flavor
- Chill before cutting for clean squares
- Add more zest if you want stronger lemon taste
If you want, I can give you:
- no-bake version
- extra tangy bakery-style version
- or a low-sugar/healthy version 👍
