I’ve partnered with Phil’s Fresh Eggs to bring you this delicious recipe, but as always, all ideas and opinions are my own!
These Blueberry Lemon Bars take the classic bars to the next level with the addition of fresh blueberries! Deliciously sweet and perfect for summer!
So we finally got our kids enrolled in swimming lessons, which is turning out to be a very good thing. Not only because they NEED to learn how to swim if I’m ever going to take them all to the pool, but because it’s such an important life skill and I can finally check it off the list! At least in pencil.
We’re just 7 weeks in, which means we have at least 177 more to go before they can *actually* swim. But I love the fact that we’re starting….and most of all, I love the fact that they are LOVING it! Such a very different experience than I had growing up…..
To say I didn’t love swimming lessons would be an understatement. There was actually very little I even tolerated about them, unless you count the big picnic lunch my mom always made for us when we were all done. But the fact that the lessons were in a lake, with algae getting tangled in our hair and minnows biting at our toes….well, let’s just say that didn’t help. No, swimming lessons were not my favorite.
BUT. I did learn to swim, which was obviously the goal. And it feels good to know that my kids are finally learning to swim, too! Even if it looks a little different than it did when I was a kid.
It’s funny – a lot of things look different now than they did when I was a kid. But one thing that doesn’t look different? These LEMON BARS!!! Unless you count the blueberries. Or the fact that I made them with Phil’s {Cage Free} Fresh Eggs. I love the fact that Phil’s Fresh Eggs are produced in a cage-free facility where the hens are allowed freedoms that caged birds never experience. And I love the fact that Phil’s never uses any animal proteins, drugs, hormones, antibiotics or genetically modified (GMO) corn. The end result is simple: happier chickens and better tasting eggs! Which, of course, means better tasting lemon bars.
But other than that, this is the same recipe I grew up with. And the same recipe my mom grew up with. Which means these lemon bars have been around a long time. I love the fact that I can take things from my childhood and make them fresh and new and (dare I say?) even BETTER. Kinda like swimming lessons….or maybe more like the picnic lunch that followed.
- Crust:
- 1½ c. flour
- ¾ c. cold butter (salted)
- ⅜ c. powdered sugar
- Filling:
- 4 eggs
- 2 c. granulated sugar + ¼ c. flour
- ¼ c. lemon juice
- 1 c. blueberries
- Combine flour, salt & powdered sugar in a medium mixing bowl. Cut in butter with a fork or pastry blender until butter is incorporated and mixture is crumbly.
- Press firmly into greased 9x13 inch pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven.
- In a separate bowl, whisk eggs.
- Add sugar/flour mixture and continue whisking.
- Add lemon juice and mix well.
- Pour over crust, then sprinkle blueberries evenly over lemon mixture.
- Bake for an additional 20-25 minutes or until top is just beginning to turn golden brown.
- Cool slightly and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
This dessert screams SUMMER! It’s got all the right flavors!
Blueberry and lemon is one of my all time favorite combos. These look awesome!
Lemon bars are literally my FAVORITE dessert but I have never added blueberries! That would be amazing! match made in heaven. I’ve never heard of Phil’s Eggs, but it sounds like an awesome company! I will have to check them out. Nobody wants hormone-y lemon bars 🙂
PS swimming lessons in a lake?? brutal! my kids would freak!
I don’t know if I love how delicious the blueberries look or just the whole bar! I do know I want one!
This is the perfect summer dessert! AND the combination of blueberries and lemon is just amazing!!
Lemon and blueberry is pretty much my favorite flavor combo, these look so delicious! I have to make these, and we have to go blueberry picking because there’s lots of summer to be had! Yay for swimming lessons, it’s great that they’re in! Have a fun weekend my friend!
These bars look so delicious! Cannot wait to make them!
These look delicious! I do not see a measurement for the salt.
hi there, all the way from Aussie Land. Could I use frozen blueberries? Btw this looks yummo. 🙂 Thanks.
These look absolutely amazing!!! Can’t wait to give them a try!
Blueberries and lemon – one of my favorite dessert combos. I’m picturing eating this on a picnic at a lake – preferably not during swim lessons. 🙂
My mouth is watering!! I love lemon bars – and that you put blueberries in them!! 😀
Hi all the way from Tasmania,
just want to check if you use plain flour or self raising flour.
can not wait to try these
can you use granulated sugar in place of powdered sugar>