Strawberry Lemon Blondies are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth! These lemon strawberry blondies are chewy, moist, ready in under an hour and use just 10 easy ingredients.
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Why this Strawberry Lemon Blondies Recipe is a Keeper
These lemon strawberry bars are perfect for picnics and potlucks as they look beautiful and appetizing. If you love strawberry pie or strawberry cake, you’re sure to love this delicious strawberry lemon blondie recipe.
- Freezes Well: They’re great for making ahead and freezing for later.
- Kid-Friendly: Children enjoy them and they’re easy for them to eat.
- Portable: It’s easy to pack and take with you, making it great for lunches or picnics.
- Great for Beginner Cooks: Strawberry lemon bars are approachable for both beginner and experienced cooks as they’re easy to make from scratch.
- Fun to Make: This recipe is fun to make and a great one for the kid to help out with!
Need more brownie recipes? Check out these recipes: Biscoff Brownies, Banana Pudding Brownies and Cake Mix Strawberry Brownies.
Why Do They Call Them Blondies?
Blondies got their name because of their lighter color! Compared to traditional brownies which are usually pretty dark, blondies are much lighter in color.
Ingredient Notes to Make Strawberry Blondie Dessert
To make this delicious summer strawberry dessert you will need just a few simple ingredients that are all easy to find at your local grocery store.
- Fresh Strawberries: Use fresh berries to dice into even pieces to ensure strawberry flavor in every bite. Fun fact, strawberries are some of the first berries to ripen in the spring!
- Lemon Juice: If you need to you can just use a bottle of lemon juice to add your tangy burst of lemon flavor.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Prep Ahead Suggestions for Strawberry Lemonade Blondie Recipe
There are a couple things you can do ahead of making these delicious dessert bars that will help to make things go faster.
- Cut Fruit: Clean and slice your berries in advance and keep them in an airtight container.
- Combine Ingredients: Mix dry ingredients and keep in an airtight container until ready to bake.
- Fresh Lemon Juice: Because we use freshly squeezed lemon juice in this recipe, squeeze your lemons ahead of time and store in a mason jar in the fridge.
Blondie Bars Fun Fact
Those tiny bumps on the outside of strawberries are seeds.
How to Make Strawberry Lemonade Blondies
This recipe comes together in just 4 super simple steps. It’s so quick and easy to throw together, you’ll be making these all the time.
These are the basic steps for making Strawberry Lemon Blondies. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Preheat Oven and Prep Pan
Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease your 9×9 inch baking pan well. You could also line your pan with parchment paper.
2. Mix the Batter
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, vanilla, an egg, melted butter, sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Gently fold the diced strawberries into the blended mixture.
3. Bake the Blondies
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and spread the blondie batter into the prepped pan and bake for 25-30 minutes. Make sure the blondies are cooked through.
4. Make Glaze
While the blondies cool, mix the powdered sugar, lemon juice and milk together to make a glaze. Spread over the brownies and allow to set.
How to Store, Reheat and Use Dessert Bar Leftovers
- Storing: Allow them to completely cool and then put the blondies in an airtight container. You could also wrap them tightly in plastic wrap. They will stay moist at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- Reheating: Fresh strawberry desserts are really good at room temperature but if you’d like to warm yours up wrap it in a damp paper towel and microwave for about 10 seconds. The damp paper towel helps to keep it moist!
- Using Leftovers: Enjoy the leftovers as blondie sundaes! Add some ice cream, juicy strawberries and any other of your favorite toppings.
Variations and Substitutions for Lemon Blonde Strawberry Dessert
The addition of other fresh berries and a different topping and lemon zest gives them a bright and refreshing flavor that’s perfect for spring and summer.
- Different Berries: You can easily substitute the strawberries for other types of berries like raspberries or blueberries. Try adding rhubarb for a tart flavor that pairs well with the lemon!
- Chocolate Drizzle: Rather than making the lemon glaze on top, try drizzling some melted chocolate over the tops of these bars.
- Variations: You can add some chocolate chips to make delicious strawberry chocolate chip blondies.
Brownie Blonde Bars Recipe FAQs
Try serving this easy recipe for strawberry lemon blondie treats with some extra strawberry jam, strawberry puree or strawberry ice cream.
Using frozen strawberries for this recipe will not give the same texture as using fresh strawberries i this strawberry blondie recipe.
Brownies are great because you don’t have to worry about them spreading too much since they’re made in a baking dish.
If you add too much liquid to your batter, it will end up making the blondies soggy. If you notice your blondie batter is really runny, try adding in a little bit more flour.
Expert Tips for Making This Strawberry Recipe
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and split it into two baking dishes before baking.
- Sugar-Free: Make a strawberry blondies recipe you’ll love with sugar substitute.
- Almonds: You can add chopped almonds to up the flavor and texture of these strawberry lemon dessert bars.
- Fresh: To ensure you get the best flavor, make sure your strawberries are fresh and ripe.
- Lemon Buttercream: Increase the tart lemon flavor by making a buttercream with lemon zest and lemon juice. Lemon curd or lemon buttercream frosting can enhance the blondie for this chewy dessert bar.
- Egg: Blondies are the perfect summer treat! Make sure your eggs are at room temperature before incorporating.
- Glaze: These strawberry and lemon summer desserts are even better if topped with a glaze after baking. Keep it simple and use a easy strawberry glaze, strawberry lemon glaze or vanilla glaze.
- Tangy Lemon Flavoring: You can replace the lemon juice with lemon extract. Use half lemon extract and half water in place of the lemon juice.
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Strawberry Lemon Blondies
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Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups All purpose flour
- 1 teaspoons Baking powder
- ¾ cup White sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 Egg, large
- 4 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice, 1 lemon
- 5 tablespoons Butter, melted
- 1 cup Strawberries, sliced
Glaze
- 3 cups Powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons Milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, add together all of the ingredients except for the strawberries and blend until smooth.
- Fold the strawberries into the blended mixture.
- Spread the batter into a well greased 9×9 pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cooked through.
- While the blondies cool, mix the powdered sugar, lemon juice and milk together to make a glaze. Spread over the brownies and allow to set.
Christina’s Notes
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and split it into two baking dishes before baking.
- Sugar-Free: Make a strawberry blondies recipe you’ll love with sugar substitute.
- Almonds: You can add chopped almonds to up the flavor and texture of these strawberry lemon dessert bars.
- Fresh: To ensure you get the best flavor, make sure your strawberries are fresh and ripe.
- Lemon Buttercream: Increase the tart lemon flavor by making a buttercream with lemon zest and lemon juice. Lemon curd or lemon buttercream frosting can enhance the blondie for this chewy dessert bar.
- Egg: Blondies are the perfect summer treat! Make sure your eggs are at room temperature before incorporating.
- Glaze: These strawberry and lemon summer desserts are even better if topped with a glaze after baking. Keep it simple and use a easy strawberry glaze, strawberry lemon glaze or vanilla glaze.
- Tangy Lemon Flavoring: You can replace the lemon juice with lemon extract. Use half lemon extract and half water in place of the lemon juice.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.