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    Home > Recipes > Brownie + Bar Recipes

    Lemon Blondies

    Published: Jul 1, 2022 | Updated: Aug 5, 2022

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    These Easy Lemon Blondies are made in one bowl and a bright with lemon flavor! They have the texture of your favorite chewy blondie and the simplicity of our one-bowl brownie!

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    Go open your fridge and pantry and check to see if you have the five ingredients for these blondies.

    Trust me you will not want to miss my fun and significantly easy twist on blondies. These were born in the Shop because I wanted sugar cookie bar that had bright lemon flavor and the chewy texture of a blondie. Et voilà! Lemon blondies!

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    • Lemon Blondies Ingredients:
    • Make the Lemon Blondies your own!
    • Lemon Blondies Storage:
    • Recipe
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    I’ve iced these using an easy, two ingredient glaze, but you could also use my favorite fresh strawberry glaze or even a Lemon American Buttercream.

    These Lemon Blondies are the perfect start to a bright, Summer dessert spread. Mix it up with some lemon bars, a lemon mixed berry trifle, and the perfect strawberry lemon pound cake.

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    Lemon Blondies Ingredients:

    • Butter: I use unsalted butter for baking, because you want to control the amount of salt you are adding. Every brand is different and it makes adjusting the recipe a challenge.
    • Sugar: I use extra-fine sugar in baking because it dissolves faster and incorporates easier than even standard granulated sugar. Regular granulated sugar will be just fine though!
    • Whole Eggs: Eggs are mission critical for emulsifying all that butter and sugar together. They also create a tiny bit of leavening.
    • Lemons: The zest flavors the lemon blondies and the juice flavors the glaze!
    • Salt: The kosher salt is essential in this recipe. It play a supporting roll balancing the flavors and all that sugar! Kosher salt is lass salty than table salt and a teaspoon weighs less than other finer ground varieties.
    • All-Purpose Flour: I use all-purpose flour but you could also use bread flour with minimal impact.
    • Confectioner's Sugar: Also called powdered sugar or 10x because it is ground ten times finer than regular sugar.
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    Make the Lemon Blondies your own!

    • Orange Blondies: Substitute orange zest for the lemon zest in the brownies and orange juice for ¾ of the lemon juice in the glaze!
    • Go Nuts: Add up to 2 cups of nuts like toasted walnuts, pistachios, almonds or hazelnuts after adding the flour.
    • Strawberry Lemon Blondies: Fold 1 cup chopped fresh strawberries or 1 cup dehydrated strawberries into the batter after the flour. Ice with my fresh strawberry icing instead of the lemon.
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    Lemon Blondies Storage:

    Store in an air-tight container or wrapped in plastic wrap in the refrigerator for up to one week. Freeze for several months! The blondies freeze beautifully iced, just allow the icing ample time to set before wrapping for the refrigerator or freezer.

    The lemon blondies also ship beautifully.

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    Lemon Blondies

    Chef Lindsey
    These Easy Lemon Blondies are made in one bowl and a bright with lemon flavor! They have the texture of your favorite chewy blondie and the simplicity of our one-bowl brownie!
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    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 24 people
    Calories 222 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    For the Blondies:

    • 1 cup butter
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 lemons (zested)
    • ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour

    For the Glaze:

    • 2 cups confectioner's sugar
    • ¼ cup lemon juice

    Optional: Homemade Lemon American Buttercream

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      Instructions
       

      Make the Blondies:

      • Preheat the oven to 325°F. Either spray a 9x13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray or line the pan with parchment. Set aside.
      • Combine the sugar and lemon zest. Rub the zest into the sugar with your fingertips to start releasing the oils. The longer it sits, the more pronounced the lemon flavor will be.
      • Melt the butter in the microwave or small saucepot.
      • In a large bowl whisk together the butter and sugar zest mixture.
      • Whisk in the eggs until smooth and homogenous.
      • Whisk or fold in the flour and salt until a smooth batter forms.
      • Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until browned on top and gives resistance to the touch.
      • Cool completely before icing.

      Prepare the icing:

      • In a medium bowl whisk together the confectioner’s sugar and lemon juice until the desired consistency is reached. I wanted mine to be spreadable, so I added enough lemon juice to make a paste.
      • You could also use my Lemon American Buttercream, which would be delightful.

      Assemble & Cut:

      • Spread glaze on brownies. Allow to set for at least 30 minutes. The thicker the glaze, the longer it will take.
      • Slice and serve!

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      Notes

      You can store these in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 days or refrigerated for a week. They also keep nicely frozen for several months.
      Yield: 1, 9x13 inch pan; 24 blondies
      Keyword lemon bar, lemon recipe, one bowl brownies
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      1. Mari Meade says

        July 13, 2022 at 7:33 pm

        5 stars
        I'm normally not a fan of Blondies, but WOW THESE ARE SO AMAZING. This will be my new go to recipe for all those back to school pot lucks and bake sales! Thank you Chef!

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