White Chip Lemon Streusel Bars
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- Bake:
- 23 Min.
- Prep:
- 25 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Intermediate
- Yields:
- 24 bars
This White Chip Lemon Streusel Bars recipe has it all. Crunchy. Chewy. Nutty. Fruity. It can't get any better than this. The bars have a chewy cookie-like crust, with a creamy lemon layer, followed by a streusel layer dotted with HERSHEY'S Premier White Creme Chips. They are the perfect bar cookie to pair with brunch, alongside a cup of tea or to enjoy as a refreshing after-dinner dessert. Refreshing lemon desserts always fit the occasion. While our White Chip Lemon Streusel Bars recipe is a cozy dessert to share in quiet moments with friends, our sleek Chocolate Cups with Lemon Creme recipe makes an elegant lemon-flavored dessert for a cocktail party or reception.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 25 minutes
- Bake Time
- 23 minutes
- Cool Time
- 2 hours
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Ingredients
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1 cansweetened condensed milk (14 oz, not evaporated)
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1/2 cuplemon juice
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1 tspfreshly grated lemon peel
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2 cupsHERSHEY'S Premier White Creme Chips (12 oz pkg.), divided
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2/3 cupbutter or margarine, softened
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1 cuppacked light brown sugar
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1-1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
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1-1/2 cupsquick-cooking or regular rolled oats
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3/4 cuppecan halves or pieces toasted *
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1 tspbaking powder
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1/2 tspsalt
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1egg
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1/2 tspshortening
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Step-By-Step Directions
Equipment Needed
oven
13x9x2-inch baking pan
mixing bowls
measuring cups
mixer
wire rack
microwave-safe bowl
microwave
1
Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Combine sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and lemon peel in medium bowl; set aside. Measure out 1/4 cup and 1/3 cup white creme chips; set aside. Add remaining white creme chips to lemon mixture.
2
Beat butter and brown sugar until blended in large mixer bowl. Stir together flour, oats, pecans, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture, blending well. Remove 1-2/3 cups oats mixture; set aside. Add egg to remaining mixture, blending until crumbly. Press egg/crumb mixture on bottom of prepared pan. Gently spoon lemon mixture on top, spreading evenly. Add reserved 1/3 cup white creme chips to reserved crumb mixture. Sprinkle over lemon layer, pressing crumbs lightly.
3
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool in pan on wire rack. Place remaining 1/4 cup white creme chips and shortening in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at Medium (50%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave at Medium 10 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred. Drizzle over bars. Allow drizzle to set; cut into bars.
*To toast pecans: Heat oven to 350°F. Spread pecans in thin layer in shallow baking pan. Bake 7 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown; cool.
White Creme Chip Lime Streusel Bars: Make as directed above substituting lime for lemon.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 24 servingsServing size 1 bar (76g)Amount per servingCalories320% Daily Value*Total Fat 15g 19%Saturated Fat 9g 45%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 30mg 10%Sodium 180mg 8%Total Carbohydrates 41g 15%Dietary Fiber 1g 4%Total Sugars 31gIncludes 27g Added Sugar 54%Protein 5gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 74mg 6%Iron 1mg 6%Potassium 120mg 2%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
