Lemon Brownies
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
50 mins
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Servings
16 bars
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Calories
276 kcal
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Course
Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Lemon Brownies
Description
This recipe enhances traditional brownies by incorporating lemon elements such as zest, juice, and lemon extract into the butter and sugar base before mixing with flour and leaveners. The use of cornstarch and baking soda ensures a tender texture. Eggs enrich the batter while vanilla extract adds depth.
After baking to a moist consistency signaled by a clean toothpick with a few crumbs, the brownies are topped with a lemon glaze made from powdered sugar mixed with lemon juice and zest. This glaze adds a glossy, citrus brightness contrasting the rich cake beneath.
The brownies should be cooled before glazing to avoid melting or running. The balance of sweet and tart makes these a distinctive lemony treat for dessert or tea time.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter melted and cooled to room temperature, unsalted
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons lemon avoid the pith, zest
- 1 egg room temperature, large
- 1 egg room temperature, large, yolk
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
LEMON GLAZE
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and grease and flour a 9x9 baking pan or line with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine melted butter, sugar, and lemon zest. Stir well.
- Add egg and egg yolk, lemon juice, lemon extract, and vanilla extract. Stir again until well-combined.
- In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir dry ingredients into wet until completely combined. Pour into prepared 9x9 pan and transfer to 350F (175C) oven. Bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Allow to cool completely before covering with glaze.
LEMON GLAZE
- Once lemon brownies have cooled, prepare glaze by whisking together powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and lemon zest until well-combined. If mixture is too stiff, add remaining lemon juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached (when you lift a spoon or whisk out of the mixture, the glaze that drizzles off the spoon and falls back into the bowl should hold its ribbon shape for a few seconds before fading back into the rest of the glaze).
- Pour glaze over lemon brownies, use a spatula to smooth evenly over the surface.
- Allow glaze to harden (about 15-30 minutes) before slicing and serving lemon brownies.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16bars
Amount Per Serving
Calories 276 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1bar | |
| Calories | 276kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 40g | 13% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 53mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 133mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 33mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 24g | 48% |
| Vitamin A | 386IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 11mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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