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The Strawberry Lemon Blondies I Make Every Summer — 45‑Minute Bars

The Strawberry Lemon Blondies I Make Every Summer — 45‑Minute Bars
Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Total
45 min
Serves
12
Calories
319 kcal
Protein
3.00 g
Carbs
42.00 g
Fat
16.00 g

Ingredients

  • 1 cupunsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 3/4 cupsugar
  • 1 largeegg
  • 1/4 cupfresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 1/4 cupsall purpose flour
  • 1/2 tspbaking powder
  • 1/2 tspsalt
  • 1 cupdiced fresh strawberries
  • 1 cuppowdered sugar (sifted (measure out before sifting))
  • 1 Tbspstrawberry puree (you'll need about 2 large strawberries)
  • —lemon juice (about 1 Tbsp or just enough to thin the glaze)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350F.

  2. 2

    Line a 9 inch square baking pan with parchment paper with long edges.

  3. 3

    Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg.

  4. 4

    When the egg is fully incorporated, beat in the lemon juice.

  5. 5

    Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt, and add to the wet ingredients, mixing until no more dry flour is present.

  6. 6

    Gently fold in the diced strawberries. Spread the mixture into your pan evenly.

  7. 7

    Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden around the edges and the center is set.

  8. 8

    Let cool on a rack.

  9. 9

    Prepare the glaze by pureeing trimmed strawberries and whisking with powdered sugar and lemon juice.

  10. 10

    Spread the glaze over the cooled blondies.