Lemon Bars
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 16 bars
 
This classic cookie is always a fan favorite! Here's a foolproof recipe.
Ingredients
Bottom Cookie Crust
  • ⅓ c butter
  • ¼ c sugar
  • 1 c flour
  • tiny pinch of salt
Lemon Topping
  • 2 eggs
  • zest of a lemon
  • 3 T freshly squeezed lemon juice (no bottled stuff)
  • ¾ c sugar
  • ⅛ t baking powder
  • 2 T flour
  • powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Place all the crust ingredients into a food processor and pulse several times to a crumbly texture. If you don't have a food processor, use room temperature butter and mix it for 30 seconds, until everything in incorporated. Press crust into an ungreased 9 x 9 pan. Bake for 13-18 minutes, until very lightly browned around the edges.
  2. In the meantime whisk all the lemon topping ingredients together until they are thoroughly combined.
  3. Pour the lemon mixture over the hot crust when it is ready.
  4. Bake for 18-20 minutes more, until just slightly toasted around the edges.
  5. Allow cookies to cool in pan. Cut into sixteen squares. Just before serving, gently sift a spoonful of powdered sugar over the cookies.
Recipe by Mamaguru at http://mamaguru.com/lemon-bars/