| Status Approved |
| Name |  Lemon Bars |
| Category | Desserts, Cakes & Pastries, American |
| Serves/Yields | About 9 large bars |
| Source | Kate's own |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Prep. Time | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time | 45 min total |
| Introduction |
| Lemon bars are a cool, tart dessert, perfect after a spicy meal or as dessert for a barbecue. The recipe can be doubled easily to make lots. I would bake them in 2 smaller pans rather than 1 big one.These are so good, like little pieces of lemon pie! |
| Ingredients |
| Crust
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup all_purpose_flour
1/2 cup granulated_sugar
Topping
1 cup granulated_sugar
2 large eggs
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons all_purpose_flour
1 tsp melted butter , cooled
Pinch of salt (a little less than 1/8 tsp) |
| Directions |
| Step: 1 |  Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Place crust ingredients in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade and pulse a few times to cut the butter into the dry ingredients. A pastry blender can also be used.
Process butter into the flour and sugar until mixture is fine and crumbly. Pour the crumb mixture into a 8 1/2 X 8 1/2 inch square pan.
With your fingers, gently press the crumb mixture flat and evenly over the bottom of the pan. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
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| Step: 2 |  To make the lemon topping: Combine eggs, sugar and salt in a glass bowl (never use metal with acid ingredients) and whisk until smooth and sugar is dissolved.
Add lemon juice ,rind, flour and butter and blend well.
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| Step: 3 |  When the bottom is done and still hot, pour the topping over it and continue baking for about 25 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out barely clean (a little filling may stick, thats ok) |
| Step: 4 |  Cool lemon bars completely on the counter and then place in the refrigerator until completely chilled. |
| Step: 5 | Sprinkle the top with powdered sugar (place the powdered sugar in a mesh sieve to make this easier) Cut into squares. Store bars in the refrigerator. |
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