When I was growing up it seemed like my grandmother was always baking. One recipe that I remember fondly was her lemon squares. However, in true Serendipity fashion I’ve tweaked it just a bit by adding our Red Raspberry Jam. It’s the perfect simple spring/summer no fuss crowd pleasing treat.
Preheat oven to 350°.
1 cup sifted flour
1/2 cup softened butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
Cream butter with sugar, add the flour & salt, and pack into an 8 inch square pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Do not brown!
1/4 cup raspberry jam*
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
While the crust is baking, combine the beaten eggs and sugar, then add the lemon juice. Remove the crust from the oven and evenly spread the raspberry jam and then top with the lemon filling. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
*For traditional lemon squares simply omit the jam. This recipe can be made with any flavor of jam that strikes your fancy.
Until next time!
Serendipitously,
Kristen
Wow, that sounds great. My wife just made a huge batch of lemon squares. The crust was great but called for a boatload of butter. I like this one.
Thanks Rufus. They are pretty addicting. Hope you like it next time you you guys are in the mood for lemon squares.
Just when over to your blog. So gorgeous and adding it to my reader.
Always looking for fun, yummy, and easy recipes. This looks perfect for me! Thank you for sharing!
Fun, yummy, and easy is what I’m all about! Enjoy!
Made them last night! Besides my own personal mistakes, it turned out tasty!! I linked back to your original recipe, too.
http://cookingmisadventures.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/marionberry-lemon-squares/
Love it! Those are perfect!
Thanks Lauren!
YUM! these look fantastic … definitely on my ‘to-bake’ wish list !
These look delicious! Raspberry and lemon make such a great combo–sweet, with just the right amount of tart. I made raspberry lemonade bars a while back and they were a hit.
Raspberry lemonade bars? Those sound tasty too! How do you make those?
I hadn’t thought of adding jam to lemon squares before, but that’s such a great idea! Raspberry and lemon seem like a perfect match, but maybe I’ll use the strawberry or cranberry jam sitting in my fridge…
I hadn’t either until a few days ago!
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Love lemon squares and the addition of raspberry jam sounds great!
Yummo! These look pretty tasty indeed.
What a nice twist on the traditional lemon squares!
And it’ll work with a wide variety of flavors. I might just need to do blueberry soon. Enjoy!
Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!