Strawberry Bars with Lemon Glaze are made with strawberry jam, fresh strawberries, and a buttery shortbread crust topped with a simple lemony glaze.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Cooling Time1 hourhr
Total Time2 hourshrs20 minutesmins
Servings: 16servings
Calories: 298kcal
Author: Lucy Brewer
Ingredients
Bars:
2sticks unsalted butter
¼cuplight brown sugar
½cupgranulated sugar
2teaspoonspure vanilla extract
2 ⅓cupsall-purpose flour
½teaspoonkosher salt
1cupstrawberry jam
1cupfresh strawberries, chopped into small pieces
Glaze:
1cuppowdered sugar
3tablespoonsfresh lemon juice
1tablespoonmilk
Instructions
Bars:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour and cover a 9-inch square baking pan with foil. Spray the foil with cooking spray.
Cream the butter and sugar together just until combined. Add vanilla. Sift flour and salt together and, with mixer set on low, slowly add to butter until almost comes together as a dough ball.
Separate dough and pat two-thirds into the prepared pan for the crust. Place remaining dough in refrigerator to chill. Bake crust for about twenty minutes or until lightly golden, then remove to a cooling rack.
Mix fresh strawberries into the jam, mashing with a fork. Some lumps will remain. Spread strawberry jam mixture over warm crust.
Sprinkle remaining one-third of dough over the strawberry jam in little pieces like streusel. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the streusel is golden brown.
Cool completely then gently lift the foil or parchment from the pan and cut into bars. Drizzle with lemon glaze.
Glaze:
Stir together the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and milk.