Creamy Lemon Crumble Squares

I love bars. I love to make them, I love to eat them, I love the little lemony crust they get on top when they bake. I thought I would never find anything to replace them.

But I have. 

I found this recipe on Pinterest (yes, I do that now) and I thought we’d try for dessert when the missionaries came for dinner.

 

Crust:

6 Tbl butter, softened

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup flour

3/4 cup oats

3/4 tsp baking powder

scant 1/2 tsp salt

Filling:

1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup lemon juice

zest of 1 (or 2) lemons

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cream butter and sugar. Add oats, flour, baking powder and salt. Mix till crumbly.

3. Mix filling well, until consistent.

4. Press about 2/3 of the crust into the bottom of a 9x9 pan. Pour filling in, spreading if necessary. Sprinkle the remainder of crust on the top.

5. Bake for 30 minutes, until golden brown. Eat warm or cold. I like mine with ice cream on top, but they’re delicious by themselves.

I’d consider this golden brown.

The original recipe comes from here, and she has a larger version to go into an 8x11 pan. I don’t have an 8x11 pan, and since I didn’t want them to be thin in a 9x13 pan, I cut the crust recipe by 1/4 and put it into a 9x9 pan. It still makes a little too much crust, but it’s yummy yummy!