Ingredients
Lemon Brownies:
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest, plus more for glaze
Lemon Glaze:
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ cup lemon juice, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
- All ingredients gathered to make lemon brownies.
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- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
- Baking dish greased.
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- Beat flour, white sugar, butter, and salt together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until well mixed.
- Butter, flour, sugar and sea salt mixed together until well mixed.
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- Whisk eggs, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon lemon zest together in a separate bowl.
- Eggs, lemon juice and lemon zest mixed together in a separate bowl.
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- Pour egg mixture into flour mixture; beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth, about 3 minutes.
- Flour and egg mixture beaten until smooth.
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- Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Batter poured into prepared baking dish.
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- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 23 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack until bottom of pan is warm to the touch.
- Batter baked until a toothpick comes out clean.
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- Meanwhile, make the lemon glaze: Whisk confectioners’ sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice, vanilla extract, and lemon zest together in a bowl until smooth. Spread glaze over cooled brownies. Cut into squares.