I just love this homemade lemon bars recipe also known and lemon squares. A yummy shortbread cookie-like base topped with an incredible lemon filling and finished off with powdered sugar. Pure heaven!
If you are in the mood for something with lemon in it, then you have got to try this lemon bars recipe. It is a great way to use fresh lemons you may have gotten at the store or have growing on the tree. When life gives you lemons make lemonade or lemon bars!
They are so easy to make, if I can do it, you can do it. Let’s get baking!
Ingredients
Shortbread Base
Lemon Topping/Filling
Instructions
First, preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F. Next add the softened butter and 1/2 cup of sugar and cream them together with a mixer.
Scrape the sides with a spatula, then add half of the flour and mix that in really well, then add the rest of the flour and mix that in. When you are done you will have large crumbles of buttery, sugary, flour.
Pour the mixture into an aluminum foil or parchment paper-lined 13x9 pan, or just spray the pan with cooking spray.
Then push down the mixture with your clean hands and fingers until it spreads out. Use a pastry roller if you like to get it nice and even.
Bake it in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, just until it is lightly brownish on the top. Don't overbake it, the cookie will get super crumbly.
Let the cookie base cool for 5 to 10 minutes while you prepare the lemon topping/filling.
Add the eggs to a medium bowl and beat those with a whisk, then add the sugar, lemon juice, flour, lemon zest (optional) and mix it all together. A micro-plane works great for getting lemon zest.
Pour the lemon filling on top of the cookie base and bake it in the oven at 350 degrees F. for 20 minutes. The sides should be slightly brown and maybe a few light brown spots on top. Remove it from the oven and let it cool at room temp completely then place it in the fridge for 2 to 3 hours to set up.
Unwrap the foil from the edges of the huge lemon bar. Then take a knife and cut it into squares. If the knife sticks too much, run hot water over the knife, before each cut. Then dust the tops of the lemon bars with powdered sugar. Enjoy!
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