Lemon bars
Lemon bars recipe in the christmas category
Recipe ingredients:
- Crust:
- 1 cup, 2 sticks, unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- Lemon topping:
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- Dash salt
- Lemon juice with pulp to equal 4 tablespoons
Recipe method:
- For Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, mix the butter, confectioner’s sugar and flour with you hands just until blended, similar to a pie crust dough.
- Pat into an ungreased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool almost completely before adding topping.
- For Lemon Topping:
- Mix together the eggs, sugar, salt and lemon juice.
- Beat with spoon or whisk until well blended and the sugar is dissolved.
- Pour over partially cooled crust.
- Return to oven and bake 20 minutes or until top is set.
- Cool on rack. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.
- It is important that you measure the lemon juice with the pulp added, not before you add the pulp.
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