Frozen Lemonade And Blueberry Bars Recipes

FROZEN LEMONADE AND BLUEBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Combine graham crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch square pan.
• Beat yogurt, lemonade concentrate, lemon zest and cinnamon in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in 1 cup blueberries; spread over crust.
• Freeze 4 hours or until firm. Refrigerate remaining blueberries until ready to use.
• Cut dessert into 12 bars. Serve topped with COOL WHIP and remaining blueberries.

FROZEN LEMONADE

Steps:

• Reserve 1 lemon for garnish. Remove wide strips of zest from 2 lemons with a vegetable peeler (do not remove the pith). Juice enough of the lemons to make 2 cups lemon juice.
• Add the lemon zest strips, sugar and 1 1/2 cups water to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Turn off the heat and stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt. Discard the zest strips and let cool for 15 minutes.
• Pour the simple syrup into a pitcher and stir in the lemon juice and 2 cups cold water. Divide the mixture among three 12-compartment ice cube trays and freeze until solid, 8 hours and up to overnight. (The ice cubes will not be as solid as ice.)
• Add the lemonade cubes and 1/2 cup cold water to a blender and blend, stopping the blender and stirring as needed, until the mixture is smooth and pourable. Pour the lemonade slushie into four 8-ounce glasses. Slice 4 thin slices from the reserved lemon and garnish each glass with a lemon slice.

BLUEBERRY-LEMON CRUMB BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Start by making the crust. In a medium bowl, stir together the 2 cups flour, 2 tablespoons white sugar, lemon zest and salt. Cut in the 1/2 cup butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat egg and vanilla together; stir into the crumb mixture until a dough forms. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden. Remove from oven and set aside to cool slightly.
• Sprinkle blueberries over the crust. Combine the 1/4 cup sugar and nutmeg; sprinkle over the blueberries. Make the topping: In a medium bowl, cream together the 5 tablespoons butter and brown sugar until smooth. Mix in the flour, so that the mixture is crumbly like streusel. Sprinkle over the blueberry layer.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until browned. Cool and then dust with confectioners' sugar before cutting into bars.

FROZEN BLUEBERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Combine the sugar with 6 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring just to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Turn off the heat and cool to room temperature, then stir in the lemon juice.
• Add a few blueberries to each compartment of 2 ice cube trays and cover with lemonade (you will use about half the total amount). Freeze completely, about 4 hours. Refrigerate the remaining lemonade.
• Combine the blueberry lemonade ice cubes and the cold lemonade in a blender and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.