Passion Fruit Lemon Bars
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
- 1 Cup butter (2 sticks butter) for crust
- 1/2 Cup sugar for crust
- 2 Cups flour for crust
- 1/8 tsp salt for crust
- 6 large eggs for filling
- 2 Cups sugar for filling
- 1 Cup Passion Fruit Juice or Puree for filling
- 1 Cup flour for filling
- 1 large lemon (zest and squeeze for juice) for filling
- For Glaze 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup passion fruit puree, and juice of 1/2 lemon.
To Make Crust:Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar with mixer until light in color.Add four and salt. Mix until it creates a dough. Press into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.Bake for fifteen 15 minutes. To Make Filling:Whisk eggs, sugar, lilikoi (passion fruit) juice, lemon zest, juice of lemon, and flour.Pour over the baked crust and bake 30 minutes.Let cool. To Make Glaze:Boil water and sugar in saucepan over medium heat. Add passion fruit juice and lemon juice and boil 3 minutes. Let boil as it expands. Turn off heat and it will begin to thicken and make it like a syrup.Allow to cool.Pour over bars.Cut into squares.