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Glazed Citrus Butter Bars

Sheila
Buttery and full of citrus, these bars will bring sunshine to your and your palette!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
15 minutes for cooling and making glaze 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course baked goods, Dessert
Cuisine Dessert
Servings 48 squares
Calories 150 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups butter (salted) room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 tbsp zest and juice limes
  • 2 tbsp zest and juice oranges
  • 2 tbsp zest and juice lemons

Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 5 tbsp juice from citrus use more or less, until you achieve the perfect drizzling consistency
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions
 

preheat oven to 350°. prepare baking sheet by spraying with non stick baking spray or wiping pan down evenly with shortening

  • Beat together sugars and butter, taking time to scrape down sides of the bowl. Add egg yolks one at a time. Add 3 tablespoons of the zest from the lemons/limes/oranges. Mix salt and flour together gradually add to butter mixture. Dough will be crumbly. Drizzle in 4 tablespoons citrus juice while mixing, scrape down sides of bowl making sure that everything is combined.
  • Place dough in pan (12x15" pan, baking sheet type with low rim is what I used), lightly flour hands and then press dough evenly in to all corners of the pan.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in pan, then flip bars out on to parchment paper. Lay a sheet of parchment on top, if you have a large cutting board this will work as well, flip the bars out on to parchment paper.
    Let cool 10 minutes longer while you make the glaze.
  • Whisk glaze together and drizzle glaze over top of bars, and sprinkle with the remaining citrus zest. Cut into squares, store in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Serving: 1squareCalories: 150kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.05gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 88mgPotassium: 16mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 16IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bars, citrus, cookie, lemon, lime, orange
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