Citrusbars Recipes

Steps:

• Crust:Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, wheat germ, confectioners' sugar, and salt. Add butter, and cut in using a pastry cutter, two knives, or your fingers, until the largest pieces of butter are the size of peas.
• Press evenly into a 12 1/2-by-17 1/2-inch rimmed baking sheet. Bake until golden, 20 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack until completely cool.
• Filling:In a medium bowl, whisk together, eggs, sugar, and flour. Add lemon and lime juice, lemon and lime zest, and salt. Whisk to combine. Pour over cooled crust.
• Bake until center is set, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack until completely cool. Cut into 2-inch squares. Bars can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days.

Steps:

• For the crust: Line a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang for easy removal.
• In the bowl of a food processor, add the vanilla wafers, butter, granulated sugar, zest and a pinch of salt. Pulse until the mixture is a very fine crumb and is starting to clump together. Press the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Chill the dish in the freezer while you make the filling.
• For the filling: Add the cream cheese, condensed milk, confectioners' sugar, grapefruit zest, lemon zest and orange zest to a large bowl. Whip together with an electric hand mixer until completely combined and there are no clumps of cream cheese. Fold in the whipped cream. Remove the crust from the freezer and pour in the filling, using a spatula to smooth it into an even layer. Return to the freezer and freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight.
• For the topping: When the filling is set, remove the whole bar from the baking dish and place on a cutting board; removing the parchment. Decorate the top with the orange, grapefruit and lemon rounds, then carefully slice into bars. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, leaving 2 inches of excess paper on both ends.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and 1/2 cup of the rolled oats. Using a fork, cut the butter into the dry ingredients. Toss and crumble the mixture in between your fingers until bean-size crumbs are formed.
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk the vanilla, eggs and 1 tablespoon of the cane syrup. Slowly drizzle the egg mixture into the crumble mixture, using the fork to stir continuously. Check that the crumble holds its shape by squeezing some together in the palm of your hands. Spread three-quarters of the crumble mixture (about 7 cups) onto the lined baking sheet. Press the crumble down to make an even crust. Bake until light golden and set on the surface, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the almonds and remaining 1/2 cup rolled oats to the reserved crumble mixture. Set aside to use as the topping.
• Remove the crumble crust from the oven and cool for 1 minute. Using a small offset spatula, gently spread the cherry jelly over the crust. Sprinkle the dried apricots evenly over the jelly.
• In a medium mixing bowl, toss the peaches with the cornstarch and remaining 1 tablespoon cane syrup. Spoon the peaches in an even layer over the apricots and jelly. Sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture over the fruit.
• Bake until golden brown and fragrant, about 40 minutes. Cool completely before lifting the crumble out of the pan using the excess parchment as handles. Slice into 36 bars (2 inches by 1 inch). Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup sugar. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden. In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1/4 cup flour. Whisk in the eggs and lemon juice. Pour over the baked crust.
• Bake for an additional 20 minutes in the preheated oven. The bars will firm up as they cool. For a festive tray, make another pan using limes instead of lemons and adding a drop of green food coloring to give a very pale green. After both pans have cooled, cut into uniform 2 inch squares and arrange in a checker board fashion.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line the base and sides of a shallow rectangular tin (about 23 x 33cm) with baking parchment, snipping the corners so that it comes up the sides of the tin. Tip the flour, sugar and butter into a food processor and whizz until it forms fine crumbs. Tip into the prepared tin and smoothly level with the back of a metal spoon, pressing it down lightly. Bake for 20-25 mins until pale golden.
• To make the topping, finely grate the zest from the lemons and orange and squeeze out all the juice. Measure the juice - you need 120ml. Whisk together the eggs and sugar using an electric whisk for 1 min, then add the citrus zest and juices, and whisk again briefly. Sift in the flour and whisk well to mix. Pour over the shortbread and bake for 15-20 mins until the topping has just set. Cool completely in the tin, then lift out of the tin using the lining paper. Dust thickly with icing sugar and cut into 3 down the length and 6 across to make 18 bars.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pan). In large bowl, beat 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 cup of the coconut and the butter with electric mixer on low speed, or mix with spoon, until crumbly. Press in ungreased 13x9-inch pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat remaining 1/4 cup coconut, eggs, granulated sugar, 1/4 cup flour, the baking powder, lemon peel, lemon juice, lime peel and lime juice with electric mixer on low speed, or mix with spoon. Pour over partially baked crust.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until light golden brown. Run sharp knife around edges of pan to loosen bars. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons powdered sugar. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.

Steps:

• Make crust: In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, and salt until combined. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup ice water. Pulse just until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed (if necessary, add 1/4 cup more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time). Do not overmix. Form dough into a disk, wrap tightly in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, 1 hour (or up to overnight).
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to a 12-by-16-inch rectangle (patch any holes well). Place in a 10-by-14-by-1-inch rimmed jelly-roll pan with dough going up the sides; trim overhang. Prick dough all over with a fork and freeze until firm, 20 minutes. Line dough with parchment paper, leaving overhang on all sides. Fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until edges are dry, about 15 minutes. Remove parchment and weights; bake until bottom is dry and flaky, about 10 minutes.
• Make filling: In a medium bowl, whisk together citrus zests and juices, granulated sugar, and eggs until well combined. Pour into crust and bake until custard is just set in center, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack, 1 hour. To serve, dust with confectioners' sugar and cut into 18 squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Line 9" square baking pan with enough foil to overhang sides by 2", then coat with cooking spray.
• At medium speed, beat flour, sour cream, 3 tablespoons powdered sugar & butter until combined.
• Press dough onto bottom of pan, & prick with fork.
• Bake 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• At low speed, beat eggs, whites, juices, zest, baking powder & 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar until combined.
• Pour over warm crust.
• Bake 40 minutes or until set.
• Cool on wire rack, & if desired, sprinkle with additional powdered sugar before cutting into bars.

Steps:

• For the crust, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds to soften.
• Add the 3/4 C powdered sugar.
• Beat until combined.
• Add the 2 cups flour; beat until combined.
• Press mixture onto the bottom of a greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 20 minutes or till golden.
• Meanwhile, for filling, in a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice, orange zest, the 1/4 C flour, and baking powder.
• Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer till combined.
• Sprinkle berries over crust.
• Pour filling over berries, arranging berries evenly with a spoon.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 30-35 minutes or till light brown and filling is set.
• Cool thoroughly in the pan on a wire rack.
• Cut into bars.
• Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• To store, cover and chill for up to 2 days.
• Make-ahead tip: Place cut bars into a storage container or freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
• Thaw, covered, in the refrigerator for 24 hours.