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White Chocolate Lemon Streusel Bars

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Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 2 cups flour
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick 1/2 cup butter, cut into small pieces
  • 2 eggs whisked together

Streusel

  • 1 ¼ cups flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 stick 1/2 cup, butter, melted

Filling

  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 ¼ cups sugar
  • melted white chocolate for garnish if desired.

Instructions
 

  • Line 9 x 13 pan with nonstick foil.
  • Preheat oven to 350º.
  • To make the crust, combine flour, sugar and baking powder in a mixer.
  • On low, beat in butter to make crumbles.
  • Add eggs and mix into a dough.
  • Press into pan.
  • Bake 10 mins and cool.

Streusel

  • Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  • Add melted butter and combine with a rubber spatula.
  • Spread out on baking sheet, breaking into small crumbs.
  • Bake 15-20 minutes, till golden brown.
  • Cool.

Filling

  • Whisk eggs and zest in a bowl.
  • Mix lemon juice and sugar in another bowl to dissolve sugar.
  • Stir egg and juice mixtures together.
  • Pour over crust and bake 15-20 minutes.
  • Sprinkle with crumb topping and bake an additional 5 minutes.
  • Cool completely on a wire rack, then cut into bars.
  • Drizzle with white chocolate, if desired.