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Lemon Bars with Orange Marmalade and Yogurt Glaze
My friend Paul from work requested some treats for his next shift with me. So I made him make up a list of things he likes and doesn't like because he can picky when it comes to my treats. On his 'Likes' list he included coconut, lemon, orange, and chewy; on his 'Dislikes' list he included raisins. So with that in mind, I started looking for recipes and got torn between Recipe Girl's bar recipe and The Pioneer Woman's loaf cake recipe. I decided to mix the two recipes using Paul's favorite things and came up with lemon bars topped with orange marmalade and yogurt glaze. The bars turned out well, I think the orange flavor overpowered the lemon flavor but not too much or in a bad way. The bars were dense and chewy, while the glaze was perfectly sticky and worked great with the texture of the bars. Here's my recipe below in case you have any friends like Paul you need feed!
Lemon Bars with Orange Marmalade and Yogurt Glaze
2 Cups flour
1/4 Cup Brown sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
pinch of salt
1/2 Cup butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1 Large egg, and 1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 Cup sour cream
1/2 Cup orange marmalade
1/4 Cup yogurt
1) Preheat oven to 375F and line an 8in square pan with parchment paper
2) Stir together flour, sugar, lemon zest, and salt in a large bowl
3) Add cold butter and cut into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form
4) In a seperate bowl beat egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and add to flour mixture, stirring in
5) Add sour cream and continue stirring until dough forms
6) Press mixture evenly (using hands) into prepared pan and bake for 20min until mixture just begins to brown on top
7) While baking; in a small saucepan heat marmalade until melted, stirring occasionaly
8) Once melted, remove from heat and stir in yogurt
9) Pour marmalade mixture over baked lemon bars and let sit in pan until completely cool, then cut into bars and enjoy!