3-Ingredient Lemon Bars

3-Ingredient Lemon Bars. Guess what? You only need THREE things to make these yummy lemon bars! That’s it. Just three stuff from the store. They taste so good that people will think you worked really hard — but you totally didn’t. Shhh, that’s our secret! The bottom is soft and buttery, the middle is sweet and lemony, and the top is all golden and crumbly. Everyone who tries them wants more. The only hard thing about this recipe is waiting for them to be ready!

Servings: 16

Ingredients

• Lemon cake mix → 1 pieces (15.25–16.5 oz box)
• Unsalted butter, melted and a little cooled down → 0.5 cups
• Lemon pie filling → 1 pieces (21 oz can)

3-Ingredient Lemon Bars: Steps

1. Warm up the oven and get your dish ready: Turn your oven on to 350°F. Let it get nice and hot. Grab a 9×13 glass dish and rub a little butter inside it, or spray it with cooking spray. A glass dish is really cool to use because you can see the yellow layers through the sides!
2. Mix the crust stuff: Pour the dry lemon cake mix into a bowl. Then pour the 0.5 cups unsalted butter, melted and a little cooled down in too. Stir it all up with a fork until it looks like wet sand at the beach. Make sure there are no dry white spots left — keep mixing until it all looks the same.
3. Push the crust into the dish: Take about two big scoops (around two-thirds) of your mix and put it in the dish. Press it flat with your fingers or the bottom of a cup. Push it into all the corners too. This is going to be your bottom crust layer!
4. Put the lemon filling on top: Open your can of 1 pieces lemon pie filling (21 oz can) and spoon it on top of the crust. Spread it out slowly and carefully with the back of a spoon. Try not to push too hard — you don’t want to mess up the crust under it. It should look bright yellow all the way across!
5. Sprinkle the crumbly top: Take the rest of your cake mix and sprinkle it all over the lemon filling. Don’t press it down — just let the little clumps fall on top. Those bumpy little pieces are going to turn golden and yummy in the oven!
6. Bake it!: Put the dish in the middle of the oven. Bake it for 25 to 27m 30s
   27:30
   . When it’s ready, the top will look a little golden and you’ll see the lemon filling starting to bubble around the edges. The middle might still look soft — that’s okay! It gets firmer when it cools down.
7. Let it cool all the way down: Take the dish out and put it on a cooling rack. Leave it alone until it’s not hot anymore. Then put it in the fridge for at least 1 to 120 minutes
   120:00
   . This helps it get firm so it cuts into nice clean squares.
8. Cut and share!: Once it’s cold and firm, use a sharp knife to cut it into 16 squares. Clean the knife after each cut so the edges look neat. Serve them right from the glass dish — everyone will see that pretty yellow filling and golden top and want to grab one fast!