Pink Lemonade Bars

What makes pink lemonade pink? Pink lemons? Some other fruit? Magic? The big answer is (drumroll please)... Food coloring. So why use pink lemonade mix in lemon bars? In addition to giving them a pleasing color, lemonade mix contains two things that add an extra zing to your lemon bars: lemon flavor and citric acid – it’s like a cheat code to amp up the flavor in your lemon bars. Note: If you don’t feel like going the extra mile with the meringue, just give the bars a dusting of powdered sugar on top!

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Pink Lemonade Bars

Ingredients

1½

cup all purpose flour

cup + 2 Tbsp sugar

tsp baking powder

Tbsp unsalted butter (melted)

tsp vanilla extract

Pinch

salt

Shortbread Crust

STEP 1

Preheat the oven to 325 f.

STEP 2

In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.

STEP 3

Add melted butter and vanilla extract, mix and mash with a spatula at first, when that becomes too difficult use your hands. Mixture should hold together when squeezed, but crumble easily, it should not appear “wet.”

STEP 4 Press the crumb into an even layer along the bottom of a parchment paper lined 8 x 8 pan (use a little non-stick spray if you don’t have parchment!) Bake at 325 for 15-20 minutes, or until the edges of the crust have just begun to brown.

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