These Easy Lemon Crumble Bars only have 3 ingredients! This summertime dessert recipe only needs cake mix, butter and lemon pie filling!
EASY LEMON CRUMBLE BARS
You never know where a recipe will take you. I love the story of how this particular recipe plopped into my lap. While hanging out on facebook, answering some questions, I got a question from a reader named Toni (hi Toni!). She had a couple of cans of lemon pie filling in her pantry and she wanted some ideas on how to use them up. I suggested a recipe I had on the site here called LEMON DREAM CAKE. But I also decided to ask folks on facebook if they had any recipe suggestions. Well, someone did! Sandi G. (Hi Sandi!), shared a crazy-easy recipe to use up a can of lemon pie filling.
CAKE MIX RECIPE IDEAS
Well folks, that is what this recipe will do. It will surprise you in it's simplicity and flavor. Don't try to make it more complicated. It really is only just 3 ingredients. So thank you Toni for asking that question and thank you to Sandi for sharing her recipe with the rest of us. Here it is...don't blink, you might miss it.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
salted butter
lemon pie filling
HOW TO MAKE 3-INGREDIENT LEMON CRUMBLE BARS:
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Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 stick salted butter (½ cup) softened to room temperature
- 1 (22 oz) can lemon pie filling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Spray 9 x 13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a bowl, combine softened butter with dry cake mix.
- Mix until crumbly.
- Set aside ½ cup of this crumbly mixture for the topping.
- Take the rest of the crust mixture and press it into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Spread it out evenly and then just go around and pack it down in there with your hands.
- Spoon lemon pie filling onto crust.
- Then take the ½ cup of crust mixture that you set aside earlier and sprinkle all over lemon pie filling.
- Bake at 350F for about 20-25 minutes.
- The crumble on top will just start to turn a very light golden brown.
- Slice up and serve.
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Originally published: February 2013
Updated & Republished: June 2019
I am pinning this one! That looks wonderful and I love everything lemon!
I'm going to make these today as soon as the butter comes to room temperature! Sounds easy to make! I'm sure they will be gone in 2 days!
Sounds AWESOME!!! Also, I might try cherry filling!!!
cherry sounds good
Think I'll try key lime,,,,
I am making these soon! Thanks for sharing this simple and yummy recipe!
Yum! I can't wait to make this recipe. I love cake mix recipes.
Yummmm
Made these tonight!! Great! 🙂
A Lemon Lover's Dream come true!! I love anything lemon and I think I found a new favorite:) You have several lemon recipes I'm going to try~ Lynn @ Turnips 2 Tangerines
A 3 ingredient recipe; that's crazy...Crazy is good! Even a non-baker can whip up a batch of these pretty bars.
This sounds fantastic! I'm going to make them for my boyfriend and I this weekend. Question first... how many ounces should the can of lemon pie filling be? Thank you! 🙂
Sincerely,
Autumn (the one with the military boyfriend) lol
I don't even like lemon anything (except for lemonade), but these look delicious and SUPER DUPER easy! I have to try this and might have to try it with other flavors too. Thanks!
How wonderful! I love this - it's easy and I can do it. 🙂 I will be doing this very soon.
Brandie, although I'm not a big lemon fan, I think the flavor possibilites for this recipe are many...
Mostly, I just wanted to say that your blog is one of my VERY favorites...and I subscribe to many blogs...and I'm always excited to see your emails. LOVE the Weekend Potluck! Keep doing what you're doing - it rocks!
Debbie
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Just wondering if you have tried this recipe with a lemon cake ?
Do you think maybe that would be over kill on the lemon flavor ?
Thanks !
I was just thinking the same thing. I don't think there is such a thing as too much lemon flavour!! lol
Trying this recipe but with chocolate cake and raspberry pie filling, hopefully it's yummy 🙂
YUM! I want to make these & do a blog review, fingers crossed they're as good as yours!;)
I am a bit picky with my lemon desserts. I like them to really taste like lemon, tangy lemon and not sweet and fake. How does this one turn out?
Thanks for sharing, looks good! Valerie
Fiddlesticks-hmmmm. Possibly. It just depends on how much you LOVE lemon.
P. Lea, this is a sweet lemon dessert, not really tangy. ~Brandie
This was so easy and so very delicious. I still cant believe how simple it was! Great recipe!
Thank you Leah! I'm glad you liked this one!!
Hi! I've made something similiar but add the step of mixing the lemon filling with a block of cream cheese. Very yummy and helps up the tang factor a bit!
I tried this recipe tonight and it was delicious ! I only had margarine on hand it the crust turned out fine, but the crumble was not very crumbly. I would recommend using butter. It tastes a lot like the lemon girl scout cookies to me. My husband said that it tastes like a Hostess Lemon pie. I will say that I had a hard time finding the canned lemon pie filling. All 3 of the local grocery stores near me had shelf space for it, but no cans on the shelf. Hope they are not discontinuing it. I would love to make this again !!
i just made this and used butter. it didn't get crumbly so i added a couple tablespoons of flour to mix with the 1/2 cup for the topping. worked! i also used a can and a half of pie filling. we'll see what happens!
this is going in the keeper file! the kids and i just loved it!