These easy Oatmeal Lemon Cream Bars have a creamy lemon filling between two thick crumbly oatmeal layers. A delightful balance of sweet and tangy!
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I love lemon or berry or any fruity type of dessert during the summer! Similar to my blueberry crumb bars, these oatmeal lemon cream bars can be served at room temperature, cold, or warm right from the oven with a scoop of ice cream!
Summer break started here in the good ol' south almost one month ago. We already took our summer vacation trips. One to LEGOLAND Florida Resort (more on that in a future post) and then immediately the following week we made our bi-annual Gladd family trip to Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina. We even had our church's VBS last week and now this week I'm wondering "what in the world are we going to do??"
I'm not one who signs my kids up for all sorts of summer camps, but maybe I should have? I need to get creative this summer with them! We'll hit the pool probably every day and I've been working on a chore/activity chart (because Judah loves structure). But, I could totally use your ideas for summer activity ideas, or even ways to enjoy our down times!
All that aside, summer is a great time to enjoy fruity desserts like these oatmeal lemon bars!
🧾 Grocery List
Search your pantry, because you probably have mostly what you need for this recipe.
Gather these ingredients:
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Rolled oats
- Brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Lemons
- Eggs
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⭐ What Readers Are Saying About This Recipe
These are wonderful! My house smells so good!!! Thanks for the great recipe! -Lisa
So easy to make and so yummy. My boyfriend who is rather particular about his desserts thought these were the best things ever. So thank you for the easy recipe . I would recommend this yummy dessert to anyone. -Tracy
I have made these several times and they have always been devoured. -Karen
So so good! There aren’t enough words to say how good these are. Crunchy crumble top and bottom and the creamiest lemon filling ever. -Marie
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Oatmeal Lemon Cream Bars
Ingredients
For the oatmeal crust and topping:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter , melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the lemon filling:
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
For the oatmeal crust and topping:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease an 8x8-inch baking dish; set aside.
- Combine the flour, oats, salt and baking soda in a medium sized mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the sugars until thoroughly combined. Add the vanilla and melted butter and mix until the dry ingredients are just moistened. Gently press half of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes then remove from the oven and set aside, leaving the oven on at 350 degrees.
For the lemon filling:
- Whisk together the condensed milk, lemon zest and juice, egg yolks and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth. Pour into the baking pan over the baked crust. Spread evenly. Crumble the remaining oatmeal crust evenly over top.
- Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, until light golden.
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Notes
- Serve cold, room temperature, or warm with ice cream.
- Nutrition information is an estimate only.
- Recipe adapted from: Cooking Classy
Nutrition
Diane says
These are absolutely scrumptious! I made them for Father’s Day, and my extended family couldn’t stop raving about them. I love them cold, right out of the frig.
I doubled the recipe and baked in a 9x13 pan. I did not change the baking time of the crust , but baked the final product 3 min longer than the original recipe. I squeezed the lemon juice from fresh lemons. These took longer than an hour to cool at room temp.
Highly recommend.
Nikki Gladd says
Thanks for the review, Diane! I'm so glad your family enjoyed them!
Diane says
Has anybody doubled this and baked it in a 9x13 pan? If so, how long did you bake it?
MaresEdotes says
These taste as good as they look and our house smells like a bakery These got great reviews from family and in-laws alike!
Nikki Gladd says
Thank you for your feedback!
Darla says
Followed the recipe to a ‘t’ and it was delicious. Thank you for this great recipe.
Nikki Gladd says
Thanks for the kind feedback, Darla!
Ash says
Could this recipe be doubled and baked in a larger pan?
Nikki Gladd says
Hi Ash, I believe you could double it and bake in a 9x13, but I have not tested it. Please come back and let us know how it turns out! Thanks!
Marie says
So so good! There aren't enough words to say how good these are. Crunchy crumble top and bottom and the creamiest lemon filling ever. These are divine and I'll definitely be making these again. I know so many people that will love them. Thanks for this amazing recipe.
Nikki Gladd says
Thank you, Marie. So glad you enjoyed them!
Jill Heilman says
Found it, so sorry
Jill Heilman says
Am I missing something?? What size baking dish.....
Karen says
I have made these several times and they have always been devoured. I have changed the juice to key lime since I have key lime trees in my yard. I also add coconut sometimes, depending on who will be eating. Great recipe, thanks for sharing!
Nikki Gladd says
Thank you, Karen! And the key lime version sounds fabulous!
Tracy says
So easy to make and so yummy. My boyfriend who is rather particular about his desserts thought these were the best things ever. So thank you for the easy recipe . I would recommend this yummy dessert to anyone. I followed the directions exactly
Nikki Gladd says
Thank you for your kind feedback, Tracy! Really glad to hear you and your boyfriend enjoyed these!
Barbara says
Is it possible to use store bought lemon curd instead of making your lemon filling?
Nikki Gladd says
Hi Barbara, I think that could be fine, although I have not tested it. Please let us know how it turns out!
Lisa says
These are wonderful! My house smells so good!!! Thanks for th egrets recipe!
Nikki Gladd says
Yay! Thanks, Lisa!
Belinda says
Thanks for finaally writing abgout >Oatmeal Leon Cream Baars <Loved it!
Robin says
Can you freeze these bars?
Nikki Gladd says
I have not tried to freeze them, but I would think so! I have frozen other lemon bars with great results. 🙂
Afya Njema says
These oatmeal lemon bars are yummy. I like them.
Anna @ Anna Can Do It! says
Your oatmeal lemon bars are absolutely mouth-watering, also I love the idea of using oatmeal for the crust! Great recipe! - Love, Anna
Nikki Gladd says
Thank you, Anna! Oatmeal crusts are one of my fave!
heathen says
The prep time says 25 min, the cook time is 25 min, total time sausage, 30 minutes. I'm confused, total time SB 50 minutes, was there a time warp I missed?
Nikki Gladd says
Thank you for catching that! The time warp you're missing is the timing information in this recipe was not correctly converted over when I started using a new recipe card tool. I fixed it. Thank you!
sheila says
i forgot to answer your question about what to do! I say enjoy the unscheduled time, before you know it you won't be able to even get family dinner together because they will have summer jobs, or summer camps, sports all summer I said it would never happen to me, but it has. I long for the long days of taking summer as it comes. Enjoy friend <3
Nikki Gladd says
Thanks, Sheila! I definitely believe you! Even next summer will be much different because I'll be in school! Eeeek!! Love you, friend!
sheila says
Nikki these look fabulous!! I love lemons bars and the oatmeal crumbly top looks really yum!