When Friends give you Grapefruit…
Make grapefruit bars! I am a huge fan of lemon bars (and frankly still like them more than grapefruit bars), but these offer a slightly less tart, but still very citrusy taste without being overly sweet. Plus they are super easy. What’s not to love.
The cause for this recipe was a very generous friend sent a holiday gift of grapefruit. What I didn’t fully comprehend when we received these was that it was enough to keep the crew of the Bounty scurvy free for a year. This only accounted for about 2.5 grapefruits so we might have another grapefruit recipe in the near future… if they last a few more days.
Grapefruit Bars
A tasty, citrusy dessert bar that is easy to make and can be enjoyed by all.
Equipment
- Parchment paper. Makes everything easier.
Ingredients
- 225 grams butter, very very soft or even melted. This is about 1 cup.
- 100 grams sugar. This is about 1/2 cup.
- 2 tspn vanilla
- 1.5 grams Salt, Diamond Kosher. This is a teaspoon. Use 1/2 if using a "saltier" salt.
- 265 grams All purpose flour. This is about 2 cups.
- 400 grams Granulated sugar About 2 cups.
- 46 grams All purpose flour About 6 tablespoons
- 5-6 Eggs. I had five on hand when I made this batch. One more would have been welcomed.
- 260 ML Grapefruit juice. This is about 1 full cup. On this round it was about 2.5 grapefruits.
- Pink food coloring If so desired, purely for vanity. I used it.
- 50 grams Powdered sugar. For dusting.
Instructions
- Get the butter out of the fridge and softening. Also start to preheat the oven to about 180 Celcius/350 Farenheit. Butter or oil a 9×13 dish so the parchment will hold. Place the parchment perpendicular to the pan so you can fold over the partchment over the long edge.
- With a spoon or preferably a silicone spatula, mix butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla together. Pour flour in waves about 1/4 each time to mix into the butter mixture. When fully mixed, press into the pan on top of the parchment paper. Smooth as even as possible.
- Precook the crust for about 20-25 minutes, until edges are slightly brown. Remove and ever so lightly poke holes into soft crust with a fork.
- Break eggs into a bowl and whisk. Add 400g of sugar (2 cups) and mix. add 46g flour (about 6 Tbls) and mix. Add grapefruit juice and mix. Add food coloring if so desired. This will be a very runny mix. After mixing well, let sit for a couple of minutes to let air bubbles release.
- Pour mixture over crust and back into the oven. It will likely take about 25 minutes, but start checking at 20 to see if it is set but still has a wobble.
- When cooked, let cool at room temp for an hour or two. When mostly cooled, place in fridge for at least an hour, or overnight Dust with powdered sugar and serve. An hour and an hour is minimum. More is better.
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