Luscious Lemon Bars


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Ingredients

WHAT YOU NEED
Crust ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsalted butter (melted)
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
Lemon filling:
4 large eggs at room temperature (beaten with a whisk til light and fluffy)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 3/4 cups fine white sugar
1 zest of large lemon
1 juice of large lemon (or 2 small lemons- basically enough for ½ cup of juice)
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Preparation

1
PREHEAT oven to 350F
2
GREASE 9x13 inch rectangular cake pan
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COMBINE crust ingredients and press with fingertips into pan
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BAKE for 20 minutes
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FILLING: As crust is baking combine all remaining ingredients and whisk together until well combined.
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When crust is baked, remove from oven, fill with lemon filling; return to oven
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BAKE for an addition 23-25 minutes (don't let the top get overbrown - see pic above for what you are looking for!)
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REMOVE from oven and allow to cool for 1/2 hr on a wire rack.
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Tip: To remove from baking pan, cut the bars in half and remove each half with a large flexible spatula. Then finish cutting bars into squares
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DUST with sifted icing sugar and you are DONE.
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Last steps - VERY IMPORTANT: Put on a pot of tea and I will be there shortly ;)
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See recipe PLUS photos @ my blog: http://lemondropsfoodie.blogspot.com/2011/02/luscious-lemon-bars.html
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About

These bars have a gorgeous crumbly shortbread crust and a mild lemon topping. Adding flour gives the topping a perfect consistency; no more runny bars !!

Yield:

6.0 servings

Added:

Sunday, February 6, 2011 - 7:18am

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