Every year my cousin Jimmy sends me a box of fresh lemons from his back yard in Arizona. So, I'm always making something lemony this time of the year. The first lemon recipe this year are these easy lemon brownies.
These are not your average store-bought lemons. The lemon on the right is store-bought and on the left is a lemon from Jimmy's back yard in Arizona.
So, how do you use up all of these lemons on steroids before they go bad? Well, first, you make as many of your favorite lemon recipes as you can.
You can squeeze fresh lemon juice and freeze it. I freeze about 1/2 cup at a time is a small freezer bag. It will last indefinitely in your freezer for any recipe or fresh lemonade all summer long.
Easy Lemon Brownies Ingredients
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup salted butter (Softened)
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Zest of one lemon
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
- In a large bowl, beat together the sugar, butter, and lemon zest until it is fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time and continue mixing. Then add the 3 tablespoons of lemon juice.
- Add the flour and baking powder, and continue to mix until all ingredients are combined.
- Prepare an 8-inch x 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
- Pour the batter into the pan and spread evenly
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes.
While the brownies are cooling you can make the glaze for the top.
Easy Lemon Brownies Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
zest of one lemon
Whisk all these ingredients together in a bowl until you have a nice creamy
glaze.
Pour and spread the glaze over the top fo the brownies. Let these cool
completely before cutting. These lemon brownies turned out to be nice and
moist and oh! so lemony delicious, your family is going to love these for
sure.
As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy it!
You may also like some of my other fresh lemon recipes: