These lemon bars have a light cookie bottom and a tart, sweet lemony filling. So deliciously simple to bake.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, canadian
Keyword lemon bars, lemon dessert, lemon squares
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 55 minutesminutes
Servings 24squares
Calories 580kcal
Author Jen
Ingredients
For the crust
2cupsall purpose flour
½cupgranulated sugar
¼teaspoonsalt
1cupchilled and cubed unsalted butter
For the filling
1 ½cupgranulated sugar
¼cupall purpose flour
4large eggs
1 ⅓cupfresh lemon juice
2tablespoonlemon zest
¼cupicing sugar
Instructions
Begin by thoroughly buttering a 9″ x 13″ baking dish. Make sure to spread the butter on liberally. Preheat the oven to 350°F oven. Set aside buttered pan.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Drop in butter and use a pastry cutter to combine the butter with the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter until the flour resembles a coarse crumb.
Dump the buttery flour into the baking dish. Use your hands (or your kids’ hands) to press the flour into the pan. Press the flour ¼″ up the sides of the baking dish. Bake in the 350°F oven for 20-25 minutes – until the edges are lightly golden.
Once baked, set aside to cool and drop the oven down to 325°F.
Okay, onto the filling. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and sugar. Whisk in the eggs, lemon juice and lemon zest.
Pour the filling onto the slightly cooled crust and bake in 325°F oven for 15-20 minutes – give the pan a jiggle and the filling should be set…not jiggly.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely. Once cooled dust with icing sugar, slice and serve.