Fresh Orange Bars

About a week ago, I made a recipe for Lemon Brownies, and they were awesome!

So, when a good friend of mine was talking about them, I decided to make her a batch.

When I was making them, I took my lemons from my fruit bowl, and saw these really yummy oranges and tangelos I have been buying.  They have been really flavorful and juicy and I thought, I bet this would be a good version of the lemon!

Turns out I was RIGHT!

My hubby thinks they are even better than the lemon, which is good, because better on his hips than mine, right? 😉

When I went to type the recipe though, I got to thinking, they needed a different name.

When I found the recipe for the lemon brownies, I had never heard of such a thing?

Lemon BARS yes, brownies, no?

To me brownies were always brown, and blondies weren’t right?

So, I decided to call these Fresh Orange Bars, instead.  Even though, it’s virtually the same recipe.

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon

2 eggs

2 Tablespoons orange Zest

2 Tablespoons orange Juice

*You will need to zest and juice 2 large oranges or tangelos (or one of each) *

4 Tablespoons orange juice

8 Tablespoons orange zest

1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8×8 baking dish.

Zest and juice your oranges and set aside.

For the bars: whisk together, eggs, zest and juice and set aside.

In your mixer cream butter, add sugar and flour and salt and combine.

Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.

Pour into baking dish and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until edges are golden brown, do not over bake.

For glaze: combine sugar, zest and juice and whisk until smooth.

Pour over the bars and place in the refrigerator to set.

Store in the refrigerator.