I’m starting my weekend early this week. Chris is taking today and Friday off so we can have a little R&R and check out some new restaurants for lunch, happy hour and dinner. Yes, I get a break from cooking and lots of it —whoo hoo! I’ll be posting pictures of my meals on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ so if you’re not following me, there’s still time. 🙂
And in celebration of starting an early weekend (I love those!) I baked some of these bars! The lemon and blueberry flavors really shine through here. I baked these in the heat while sweating in the kitchen and to the oldies, but it was totally worth it! Happy early weekend everyone and enjoy what’s left of the summer!
Ingredients:
Crust:
- 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs
- 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar
- zest of 1 lemon
Filling:
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 (14 ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk
- 1/3 cup of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of lemon zest
- 1 cup of fresh blueberries
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
In a medium bowl combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sugar and lemon zest. Mix until graham cracker crumbs are moist. Pour the mixture into the baking pan and press the mixture firmly into the prepared pan. Bake the crust for 10 minutes or until set. Remove from the oven and allow it to cool to room temperature. Do not turn off the oven.
Meanwhile, using a stand or electric mixer (or mix by hand), combine egg yolks, condensed milk, lemon juice and lemon zest. Continue to beat until smooth and slightly thicken. Gently fold in blueberries. Pour the lemon blueberry filling over the crust and spread it evenly with a spatula.
Return pan to the oven; bake for 15 minutes or until filling just set. Cool to room temperature, and then chill it in the refrigerator for at least one hour before serving. Once chilled, cut into bars
and serve.
Note: Bars will keep in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
Source: Two Peas and Their Pod
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These lemon bars with blueberries are so adorable! Bet they taste heavenly.
Mmm, these sound kind of like key lime pie…one of my faves! Have a great weekend, Anne!!
Love the new look Anne and as always lovely recipe and images 🙂
These look Mega! Great pictures too
That looks so good, love the blueberry and lemon combination! Have a great weekend!
Something about lemon and blueberry together that I just can never get enough of! These bars look wonderful!
Lemon and blueberry–what a yummy combination! Those bars look really good!
When I saw a preview image of this (I think on twitter?) I knew it was going to be good.. and it is! What an amazing treat, love the lemon with the blueberry!
This look to be so easy to make and over the top delicious. I love your photographs in this post!
These look yummy. Perfect food for an afternoon cup of tea.
Totally agree! Although I had a cup of coffee with mine, I think they’d be delicious with some tea.
I love how beautiful and cheerful they look. I’m with helen above: perfect for afternoon tea (or coffee) … mmmmm!
This is so genius! These bars look lovely and they’re making my mouth water… I definitely have to try adding fresh blueberries to my next batch of lemon bars!
Happy early long-weekend for you, Anne! These bars are the perfect treat to kick things off! It’s raining here where I am now. I hope the sun is shining where you guys are!
They look heavenly Anne! And I agree that blueberries and lemon work perfectly together.
Bookmarked!
Your picture makes these look irresistible! Yum!
These look amazing! I love anything with lemon so this definitely goes into my to-do list! Enjoy your long weekend!
Im on the wayyyyyyyy,Anne, Its a beauty Again!!
Can’t wait to try these!
Congrats on the early weekend, and this beautiful looking post! These treats look other-worldy. I hope you enjoy the long weekend and I will look forward to reading about it next week!!
Oh gosh, I am in love with these! So beautiful.
They look gorgeous yet relatively simple to make, have a great weekend and enjoy those meals!
Yet another beauty Anne! Absolutely scrumptious!
Wow, the top layer looks so sleek and shiny! Love this combo of flavors Anne!
These look great, Anne, and now that the baking is done, let the fun begin. Have a great weekend!
These are too gorgeous! I’d love one (or a dozen) right about now!
What a fun idea to take your own extra long weekend and have a vacation in town! Love that – have a great time, Anne!
These bars look fabulous, Anne! All that yummy citrus blueberry filling on top of that buttery graham cracker crust is right up my alley! Have a wonderful time off eating out — that’s always fun!
Enjoy your little break! I’ll just stay here and drool over your magnificent lemon and blueberry bars!
I love these bars that Anne has been making. IMO they have the perfect ratio between crust and “filling”. I’m trying to drop subtle hints that I’d love to try some lemon cheesecake bars next. 🙂
Lemon and blueberries is one of my fvaorite combos and these bars are just gorgeous!
I know everybody loves chocolate but I am in the minority and love anything with lemon. That rich filling sounds almost sinful.
I need to try this next weekend!!! Beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing 🙂
These bars sound delicious! I can’t get enough of blueberries right now : ) Happy early start to the weekend for you! Hope you enjoy your time off from the kitchen and eat lots of good food!
So pretty Anne! Enjoy your well deserved R&R 🙂
Oh, my gosh these look amazing.. and I just happen to have a large box of blueberries I brought back from the lake:D Enjoy your break!
Oh man, this looks soooooooooooooo good Anne. I may have to make this before summer is up. Such an easy recipe… thanks for sharing.
Don’t ask me why, but I haven’t tried baking bars before. Ever. This looks so so delicious and mouth-watering. Need to bake some, ASAP!
Have fun on your early weekend!
I kinda feel like I’ve made these before…and they were awesome.
I love lemon with berries. These look fantastic 🙂
What a delicious way to celebrate an early weekend.
These lemon bars look stunning and I bet they will disappear very soon from your table 🙂
Hope you enjoyed your weekend off! The blueberry bars look delicious, perfect for with coffee.
I love lemon, and it pairs so well with blueberries. Which are so abundant at the moment! These look wonderful, and pretty easy to make – so why am I still here, rather than in the kitchen? 😉 Good stuff – thanks.
The look fantastic. Hope you enjoyed your early weekend 🙂
These bars look fantastic, I love lemon + blueberry everything! c:
Thank you so much Consuelo! 🙂
Love the combination of lemon and blueberries! Gorgeous pictures. Pinning!
I loooove the combo of lemon and blueberry, so I know I’d love these fab bars. YUM! Hope you had a great long weekend, friend!
Thanks Amy! 🙂
I want to take a bite of my screen right now!
These look absolutely delicious Anne! I don’t know why I’ve never made a blueberry bar – that’s craziness. Hope you had a great long weekend!
Thanks Reeni! 🙂
Gorgeous! And I’m really loving that mile-high crust!
Thank you so much Chung-Ah! 🙂 And thanks for taking the time to comment.